One's conscience and understanding of the law should supply that notification. The city needs to be aggressive in driving home that obligation. One keen social observer, it wasn't Aristotle, said that a society that wants to prevent its most serious offenses takes minor infractions more seriously. Disrespect for the law at one tier breeds disrespect up and down the scale. In a test project the city has blanketed the Brook Oaks Neighborhood Association area with city inspectors to send a resonant message that code will be enforced whether it pertains to substandard yards or crumbling houses.
Evidence indicates that the Brook Oaks project is succeeding beyond expectations.
What a reward it is to the people who do their very best to keep up their property and now see the city standing by their side in encouraging their neighbors to do the same. The city needs to do this very thing with downtown Waco, where a host of eyesores drag down the efforts of those who work hard to make the area inviting to tenants and clientele. While most Americans and most Waco residents are law-abiding, a few are scofflaws who have the impression that laws don't apply to them. By driving home the message that ordinances apply to everyone, the city will be preventing a lot of the negligence that makes catching up so much harder. Hepatitis A commonly is associated with borders.