Residential Rental Registration and Inspection

The Residential Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance is now easier for the citizens of Richardson to understand, especially the tenants of residential rentals.  Interestingly the fee was raised from $50 to $75 to cover interior inspections of residential rentals back in 2011.  Now that they do not force the tenant to get an interior inspection, are they going to reduce the fee??

 

 

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Just My 2 Cents Worth: When is Code Enforcement Aggression Too Aggressive?

Just My 2 Cents Worth: When is Code Enforcement Aggression Too Aggressive?

Reasons Richardson will get a Warrant

This does not only affect tenants in Richardson.  According to Mayor Maczka, owner-occupied should be treated the same.

 

Reasons Richardson Will Request a Warrant.

  There is a lot of subjectivity going on here.... if the inspector feels like??

 

The last point,... If you are a tenant in Richardson, they can get a warrant to get into your home depending on what is going on at your neighbor's home....  My city is gone!

 

Rental inspection case dismissed - second time

This was a surprise. Our case was dismissed for the second time. After the city filed their brief on the 10^th of July, we thought they were going through with contesting the appeal.

It appears that a tenant of a residential rental does have the right to deny the rental inspections and the landlord cannot be forced to open up the tenant’s home for an inspection in RichardsonTexas. Wait landlords…. They may be coming into your home next…. Owner-occupied…. Everyone needs to have their property searched at least once a year…. A citizen might be giving code enforcement officers a little more power than we aught to. The way they are using the nuisance abatement is a perfect example of another abuse of power.

Tania Robinson

Court Coordinator

COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEALS

 

Kristin Wade, Judge

No. MC-13-R-0005-D

WENDY MOORE, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Municipal Court of Record of the City of Richardson, Dallas

County, Texas

Citation

# N0700524

ORDER

This is an appeal from the Richardson Municipal Court of Record in Dallas County,

Texas. The Appellee has filed a motion requesting the Court to reverse the conviction of the Appellant due to a deficiency in the charging instrument. The motion is granted and the Court is therefore, reversing and dismissing the cause.

APPEAL DISMISSED, JUDGMENT REVERSED AND CAUSE DISMISSED.

Entered this the 1

ST day of August 2013.

Judge

133 N. Riverfront Blvd., Dallas, TX 75207 (214) 653-5700 (214) 653-5777 FAX

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mc13r0005-dismissed-080113
Big government starts in the city.

Richardson Residental Rental Registration Revisions

Richardson is ruminating the revision of their residential rental regsitration regulation.


Here is the video.



Did you know that 2700 rentals produced over 10,000 citations??

Rental Inspections

What do you think the Richardson city council is up to now?? The other night we got a survey call regarding the Richardson Residential Rental Registration and Inspection Program. Surveying??   Richardson Texas is surveying select citizens to find out how they feel about the rental registration and inspection program??

And; Finally we have the rental inspection program on the Richardson Texas City Council Agenda.


Finally on the City's agenda but probably not the way they thought it would be.

Ulterior Motives?? Rental Inspections/Repair Leads

Wendy Moore spoke with one of our neighbors putting a 'For Rent' sign out for her property. She voiced her apprehension with the rental registration and inspection program in Richardson Texas. She told how it was curious that when she was cited for something that needed a repair (i.e. paint), she receives a phone call offering that specific service that she was cited for.

This is a very curious practice to me if it is true and I have no reason to think otherwise and I would not put it past a city to do this.

We encourage landlords to document this type of coincidence.

 

Rental Inspection appeal

Appeal Mc13-r20005 City Request for Extension

Richardson Texas Rental Inspections - 4th Amendment Concerns??

Rental Inspection Trial Transcript Ocr

Richardson Texas Attorney

Attorney at Law:

RICHARD B TANNER
100 NORTH CENTRAL, SUITE 901
RICHARDSON, TX 75080
(972) 839-3878

4th Amendment in Richardson

Whose 4th amendment rights will the city violate next??  Didn’t District Judge Sam A. Lindsay rule that it was a violation of the landlord’s 4th amendment rights when the city inspects an unoccupied property??  Or.. Isn’t it a violation of a tenant’s 4^th amendment if the city inspects a tenant’s home without probable cause?? (I think that’s in the constitution)

The Richardson Texas city council feels it will be alright to do either. 

Interesting dance Mr. Johnson does with this question from Scott Dunn.
I don’t know any landlord that failed to register their rental property.
Only thing is, making a person register their tenant and their private property is a violation of a citizen’s privacy rights and can’t be justified by any city.

 

Residential Rental Inspections

If you are a Richardson Texas Tenant and a citizen of the United States, you have the right to deny anyone access to your home. This includes the city inspection included in this Residential Rental Registration program that Richardson has implemented. If the landlord says they want the city to come in to do the inspection, you have to let the landlord in because the lease says you have to let the landlord in.
We are right in the middle of fighting the ordinance in Richardson because the city of Richardson believes they can use this portion of the lease to get into your home. They can not. The lease is a private contract between you and the landlord. No where does it say the landlord has to let the city in. That residential property is the landlord’s private property. You have a private contract with the landlord to lease the property as your home.
This is like the city telling the lender of an ordinary homeowner that they have to get in to a property to inspect it. No where does the property owner loose his property right when he rents our a residential property.
We are supporting Amir Omar for Mayor of Richardson. He is against the way the city has implemented ordinance 3847.

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