Dallas wants more ways to deal with what it calls 'nuisance properties.' It could get them by the end of this month.
after five instances of certain criminal offenses take place there. These can include criminal mischief, marijuana or controlled substance possession, assault with a deadly weapon, and deadly conduct. At that point, the city and Dallas Police Department will ask the property owner to implement certain crime prevention measures.
“With all of this considered, parts of our city experience nuisance behavior that continues to negatively affect neighboring communities’ quality of life at the expense of valuable city resources,” Oden said. That’s why the city is looking to enhance this chapter of its code by changing the way it defines a “public safety nuisance.”would be defined as any property that doesn’t abide by certain minimum property standards or is designated a habitual criminal or habitual nuisance property; and is in an area identified by the city’s office of integrated solutions as being at an elevated public safety risk.
Under the new rules, if approved, a property owner whose property isn’t meeting minimum standards would get a notice from the city saying they’re required to implement CPTED measures. From there, the owner could ask the city to provide specific recommendations. If the owner then fails to implement or maintain these recommendations, the city may “abate the nuisance and lien the property for the associated costs.
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