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(b) Before the eleventh day after the building is secured, .the building official shall cause notice of the action to be given by personal delivery, mail, publication or posting to the owners and others who may have an interest in the building as provided in Section 214.0011(c) of the Texas Local Government Article. The notice shall contain the information specified in Section 214.0011(d) of the Texas Local Government Article. (c) If within thirty (30) days after the date the building official secures the building or causes the building to be secured, the owner files with the Planning Director a written request for a hearing, then a hearing shall be conducted within twenty (20) days after the date the request is filed. The hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as provided elsewhere in this Article, and the owner may testify or present witnesses or written information about any matter relating to the city's securing of the building. (d) If either (i) no hearing is requested or (ii) a hearing is requested and the hearing officer decides that the action taken to secure the building was justified under the criteria of this Article, the city may place a lien against the property upon which the building is situated for the costs and expenses incurred by the city in securing the build- ing in the same manner as provided in Section 4.09 of this Article. (e) The provisions of this Section are cumulative of all other remedies. Without limitation, the building official may cause a building to be secured under this Section and still schedule and conduct a hearing in the same manner as provided elsewhere in this Article, if there is reason to believe that repair or demolition of the property is necessary or desirable to protect further the life, health and safety of the public. - Section 5.02. Duty of city employees to report dangerous buildings. It shall be the duty of all city employees whose responsibility it is to enforce this Article, the Building Article or the Fire Article of the city to make a report in writing to the building official of all buildings they believe are dangerous buildings. Such reports are to be made within a reasonable time after the discovery of such building. Section 5.03. Notice by building official. (a) The building official may issue to each owner of a building notice that the building must be secured under this Article, if all of the following conditions exist: (1) The structure is in violation of the terms of this Article, and is vacant; (2) The structure has a watertight roof and does not appear to be unstable, in danger of collapse or otherwise in a rapidly deteriorat- ing condition; Page 14