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PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

110 GENERAL FUND
0662 BUILDING INSPECTIONS / NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES

FUTURE INITIATIVES

• Provide a high level of professionalism with regard to plan review, building
inspections, housing inspections and rental registration program
• Grade each Multi-Family property by January 31st of each year.

GOALS, OBJECTIVES & PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Council Priorities:
 Public Safety  Innovation
 Economic Vitality  Redevelopment
 Infrastructure  Leadership

Goals:
• Continue the “Hurst Way” philosophy in the revitalization process.
• Refine building and development standards to establish aggressive initiatives
to enhance and enrich neighborhood value to promote a quality image and
aesthetic excellence throughout Hurst.
• Establish strong relationships with the owners, management and residents of
our multi-family community to improve their quality of life.
• Assist the multi-family properties in establishing neighborhood crime watch
groups.
• Provide expedient, thorough, professional plan reviews, building permits
inspections, and housing inspections.

Objectives:
• Continue to update the Code of Ordinances to enhance and enrich the Quality
of Life. *
• Enforce Building and Property Maintenance Codes. *
• Conduct at least one inspection and follow-up inspection on at all 32
apartment complexes, concentrating on those properties that receive low
scores without neglecting the properties that perform maintenance. *
• Register and inspect 1,200 single family rent homes. *
• Obtain five CEUs per inspector, mostly through regional training events. *
• Work with PD to provide Crime Watch meetings at all of the apartment
communities. *

* - Short Term (0-3 years)
† - Intermediate Term (3-10 years)
‡ - Long Term (10+ years)
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