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<br />WHEREAS, in furtherance of these goals, the City Council has adopted Article III to
<br />Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, entitled "Hazardous Buildings" for the
<br />purpose of regulating substandard structures and buildings within the City; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, in the process of the adoption of said Article, City Council directed the
<br />inclusion of Section 7-50 thereto, dealing with the preservation of substandard buildings as historic
<br />property; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, in order to implement fully said Section 7-50, and to otherwise provide for the
<br />preservation of significant historical landmarks and properties within the City, the City Council
<br />authorized application on behalf ofthe city for a designation as a Certified Local Government by the
<br />Texas State Historical Preservation Office as provided by 16 U.S.c.A. Section 470 et seq; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, by letter dated January 30,2003, the United States Department ofthe Interior
<br />designated the City of Paris, Texas, a Certified Local Government pursuant to Section 101 (c) of the
<br />National Historic Preservation Act; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, as part of the aforesaid certification process, the City Council, on June 17,
<br />2002, adopted Ordinance No. 2002-033, an appropriate historic preservation ordinance establishing,
<br />among other things, a Historic Preservation Commission empowered to undertake certain actions
<br />and exercise certain responsibility related to the preservation of historical landmarks and structures
<br />within the City; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission has recommended amendments to said
<br />Historic Preservation Ordinance relating to the expiration, scope, and application of Certificates of
<br />Appropriateness; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt said proposed amendments, as revised by the
<br />City Legal Department, to the Historic Preservation Ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE,
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
<br />TEXAS;
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<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things
<br />approved.
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<br />Section 2. That Chapter 7, Article VII, Section 7-156 ofthe Code of Ordinances ofthe City
<br />of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended to include the planting of grass, flowers,
<br />shrubs, and trees as Ordinary maintenance thereunder, to read as follows:
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