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<br />ORDINANCE NO, 2000-058 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS BY REPEALING THE CURRENT <br />ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 19 , SECTIONS 19-16 THROUGH 19-22, <br />ENTITLED "JUNKED VEHICLES"; ADOPTING THERETO A NEW <br />ARTICLE II, SECTIONS 19-16 THROUGH 19-25, ENTITLED "JUNKED <br />VEHICLES; PUBLIC NUISANCE; ABATEMENT"; ESTABLISHING THE <br />DEFINITION OF JUNKED VEHICLES AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE; <br />PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES TO ABATE JUNKED VEHICLES AS A <br />PUBLIC NUISANCE; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE; PROVIDING FOR A <br />HEARING; PROVIDING FOR DISPOSAL OF JUNKED VEHICLES; <br />PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; MAKING <br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; <br />PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS <br />CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES <br />IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, in conjunction with other <br />governmental entities, private groups, and private individuals, has supported and participated in a <br />community-wide beautification program intended to remove junk, litter, aold other unsightly <br />materials, generally improve blighted areas of the City, protect and preserve the public health, safety, <br />and welfare, and generally improve the overall appearance of the community; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in pursuit of such goals, the City Council desires to protect the public health <br />and safety while at the same time protecting the rights of individual property owners; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Subchapter E, of Chapter 683 of the Transportation Code authorizes <br />municipalities to adopt procedures for the abatement and removal from private or public property <br />or a public right-of-way of a junked vehicle or part of a junked vehicle as a public nuisance; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt this ordinance as a means of applying and <br />implementing the requirements of Subchapter E, Chapter 683 of the Transportation Code of the State <br />of Texas; NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things <br />approved, <br /> <br />Page I of 7 <br />