Ord 2023-082 amending Chapter 14, Article 8 of the San Marcos City Code by adopting additional local amendments to the international property maintenance code

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3. Records of the secretary of state. 4. Assumed name records of the county in which the building is located; and 5. City utility records. Minimum housing standards means those standards found in the city's adopted standard building, electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical, and fire prevention codes. Owner means any person, agent, firm or corporation, named in the real property records of the county where the building is located as owning or having a financial interest in the property. Securing means measures that assist in making the property inaccessible to unauthorized persons, including but not limited to the repairing of fences and walls, erecting fences or walls, chaining/pad locking of gates, the repair or artistic boarding of door, window or other openings. Refer to standards for securing and artistic board -up. Structure means that which is built or constructed an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, or any part thereof, including a wall, slab, portion, foundation, or the collapsed remains of a structure. Vacant means a property which is lacking, habitual presence of human beings who have a legal right to be on the property, or at which substantially all lawful business operations or residential occupancy has ceased. In determining whether a property is vacant, it is relevant to consider, among other factors, the percentage of overall square footage of any building on the property or floor to the occupied space, the condition and value of any items in the property and the presence of rental or for sale signs on the property; provided that multi -family residential property containing three or more dwelling units shall be considered vacant when the majority of all of the dwelling units become unoccupied and a majority remain unoccupied. A property shall not be considered vacant which is being currently marketed by a licensed real estate professional hired by the former or current occupant of the property (currently marketed shall mean that the structure is listed on the multiple listing service, the structure is available to prospective buyers for viewing, and a reasonable asking price has been disclosed. The code official may use the assessed market value of the property as last determined by the tax assessor to determine if the asking price disclosed by the owner is reasonable), and to which the water service has not been shut-off.