Chapter 27

 “MINIMUM URBAN REHABILATATION STANDARS,” OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE Sec. 27-43 CRIME PREVENTION ADDENDUM REQUIRED.

(a) The owner or operator of a multi-tenant property shall require that every lease or rental agreement, or renewal of a lease or rental agreement, executed after September 1, 2004 include a crime prevention addendum complying with this section.

(b) The crime prevention addendum must include the following information: 1. The name, date of birth, Government Identification card, and signature of the applicant named in the lease or rental agreement and, if the applicant will not be occupying the multi-tenant property, the name, date of birth, driver’s license number, and signature of the tenant who will be occupying the property. The signature required on the crime prevention addendum must be separate and apart from the signature used to execute other provisions of the lease. 2. A statement advising the applicant and tenant that the owner or operator of the multi-tenant property will initiate eviction proceedings if the applicant or tenant, or any guest or co-occupant of the applicant or tenant, engages in any abatable criminal activity on the premises of the multi-tenant property.

(c) For purposes of this section, an abatable criminal activity includes robbery or aggravated robbery; aggravated assault; murder; prostitution; criminal gang activity; discharge of firearms; gambling; manufacture, sale, or use of drugs; and manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages.

Sec. 27-44 ATTENDANCE AT CRIME WATCH MEETINGS AND SAFE COMPLEX SYMPOSIUMS.

(a) The owner, operator, or other person in control of a multi-tenant property shall attend a total of at least three crime watch meetings each calendar year. The meetings attended must be held by crime watch organizations consisting of business owners, single-family residential property owners, or managers, employees, or tenants of multifamily properties, or any combination of those groups, gathered for the purpose of improving the quality of life in and around the properties, promoting crime prevention, reducing criminal opportunity, and encouraging cooperation with the Dallas Police Department. The meetings must be attended in the neighborhood in which the multi-tenant property is located or, if the neighborhood has no crime watch organization, then in the nearest neighborhood that does. A written statement, signed by a crime watch chair, verifying that the crime watch meeting was attended by the owner, operator, or other person in control of the multi-tenant property, or by the person designated to attend meetings for the property under Subsection (c), must be submitted to the director upon request.

(b) In addition to attending crime watch meetings, the owner, operator, or other person in control of a multi-tenant property shall attend at least one safe complex symposium sponsored by the city of Dallas, which will be held during the third week in May of each calendar year, unless otherwise rescheduled by city council resolution.

(c) If unable to personally attend every crime watch meeting and safe complex symposium required by this section, the owner, operator, or other person in control of a multi-tenant property may designate in the property registration application another person to attend the meetings and symposiums. A person may not be designated to attend crime watch meetings and safe complex symposiums for more than five separate multi-tenant properties.