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(1) Name and address of the owner of the affected property, if that information can be determined from a reasonable search of the instruments on file in the county clerk's office; (2) A legal description of the affected property; and (3) A description of the hearing. Sec. 14.243. Same-Orders. (a) Public hearings under this article will be held before a municipal court judge. (b) The issues at a hearing will be limited to those described in subsection 14.242( c )(3). The building official, the owner and any mortgagee or lienholder of the building and other interested persons may address these issues at the hearing. (c) Disputed fact issues will be determined by a preponderance of the evidence. (d) If a building is found to be an unsafe building, the judge will order that the building be vacated, secured, repaired or demolished. (e) The judge will require the owner, lienholder or mortgagee of the building to, within 30 days: (1) Secure the building from unauthorized entry; or (2) Repair, remove or demolish the building, unless the owner or lienholder establishes at the hearing that the work cannot reasonably be performed within 30 days. (f) If the judge allows the owner, lienholder or mortgagee more than 30 days to repair, remove or demolish the building, the judge will establish specific time schedules for the commencement and performance of the work and will require the owner, lienholder or mortgagee to secure the property in a reasonable manner from unauthorized entry while the work is being performed. (g) The judge may not allow the owner, lienholder or mortgagee more than 90 days to repair, remove or demolish the building or fully perform all work required to comply with the order unless the owner, lienholder or mortgagee: (1) Submits a detailed plan and time schedule for the work at the hearing; and (2) Establishes at the hearing that the work cannot reasonably be completed within 90 days because of the scope and complexity of the work. (h) Ifthe judge allows the owner, lienholder or mortgagee more than 90 days to complete any part of the work required to repair, remove or demolish the building, the judge will require the owner, lienholder or mortgagee to regularly submit progress reports to the city to demonstrate that the owner, lienholder or mortgagee has complied with the time schedules established for commencement and performance of the work. The order may require that the owner, lienholder or mortgagee appear before the municipal court judge or the judge's designee. 22