1999-209 O IN CENO qCJ oq
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDiNG SECTION 15-36 OF
THE CODE OF ORDiNANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS CLARIFYING
PROViSiONS mATiNO TO THE ENFORCEmm OF .ousn CO PL S,
PROVIDiNG A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That Section 15~36 of the Code of Ordinances, Ctty of Denton, Texas, ts
hereby amended to read as follows, all prommons of thts dtvtmon not specifically changed herein
shall remmn mtact and tn full force and effect
Sec. 15-36. Enforcement; complamts.
(a) Any person who clanns to have been mjured by a dlscnmmatory housmg practtce
or who beheves that he will be trrevocably injured by a dlscnmmatory houstng practice
that is about to occur, hereinafter referred to as the "person aggrieved," may file a
complmnt with the adnumstrator Complaints shall be m wntmg and shall contam such
mformatmn and be tn such form as the admnnstrator reqmres Upon receipt of such
complamt, the admnnstrator shall furmsh a copy of the complaint to the person who
allegedly comnntted or is about to commit the alleged dtscrmunatory housmg practme A
copy of all written complamts received by the admmtstrator shall be forwarded to the Fair
Housing and Equal Opportumty Dtmsmn of the Regton VI office of the Department of
Housmg and Urban Development Wlthm thtrty (30) days after recelvmg a complaint,
the admmtstrator shall mvestlgate the complamt and give notice in wntmg to the person
aggrieved, proposmg one of the followmg acuons
(1) the adnmnstrator wtll tmtmte actmn to resolve the complamt, or
(2) the admlmstrator will not mttlate action to resolve the complamt, or
(3) the adrmmstrator wtll forward the complamt to the U S
Department of Housmg & Urban Development, Fatr Housmg and Equal
Opportuntty Dlvlsmn, for further action, ff any
If the admnustrator nutiates action to resolve the complamt, he or she shall proceed to try
to eltmmate or correct the alleged dlscrtmmatory housmg pracuce by mformal methods of
conference, concthaUon and persuasion Nothing said or done in the course of such
mformal endeavors may be made public or used as evtdence m subsequent proceedmgs in
the mumcxpal court wtthout the written consent of the persons concerned
(b) [No change ]
(c) If, upon electing to initiate action on the complaint, the admlmstrator has been
unable to secure voluntary comphance with the provisions of th~s article w~thm sixty (60)
days after the complaint was filed, yet reasonably beheves that a d~scrtmmatory housing
practice has occurred, the administrator may refer such alleged violation to the city
attorney for prosecution
(d) [No change]
(e) [No change]
(f) [No change]
SECTION II That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in
this ordinance, or apphcatlon thereof to any person or circumstances is held lnvahd by any court of
competent junsdaetlon, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remalmng portions of this
ordinance, and the City Cotmc~l of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have
enacted such remamang portions despite any such invalidity
SECTION III That tlus ordinance shall become effective ~mmed~ately upon ~ts passage and
approval
e^ss
JAC~'LER, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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