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<br />"Sec. 7-156. Ordinary maintenance. <br /> <br />Nothing in this ordinance should be construed to prevent ordinary <br />maintenance or repair of any exterior architectural feature of a property designated <br />as a landmark or within a historic overlay district. Ordinary maintenance shall be <br />defined as any work that does not constitute a change in design, material, color, or <br />outward appearance, and includes in-kind replacement or repair. Ordinary <br />maintenance shall also include the planting or replacing of grass, flowers, shrubs, and <br />trees. The director of community development shall be the officer in charge of <br />making the decisions as to what is 'ordinary maintenance'." <br /> <br />Section 3. That Chapter 7, Article VII, Section 7-157 of the Code of Ordinances ofthe City <br />of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding a subparagraph (g) thereto to <br />read as follows: <br /> <br />"Sec. 7-157. Certificates of appropriateness. <br /> <br />(g) Expiration of certificate. A certificate of appropriateness shall expire six <br />(6) months from the date it is issued ifthe approved work has not commenced, and <br />it shall expire one (1) year from the date it is issued if the approved work has not <br />been completed." <br /> <br />Section 4. That Chapter 7, Article VII, Section 7-160 ofthe Code of Ordinances of the City <br />of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended in its entirety to read as follows: <br /> <br />"Sec. 7-160. Initiation of process for designation of historic landmark or <br />district. <br /> <br />(a) Procedures. As set out herein, the procedure for adopting an ordinance <br />to establish or amend a historic landmark or district designation may be initiated by <br />the city council, the planning and zoning commission, the historic preservation <br />commission or by the owner( s) of property within the area of request. Upon initiation <br />of the procedure for designation, applications for a permit to place, construct, alter, <br />demolish, or remove any structure on the property shall follow the procedures set <br />forth herein for areas designated as historic districts, and shall continue thereafter <br />unless and until the City Council shall deny the proposed designation. <br /> <br />(b) Standards for certificates of appropriateness in proposed districts. The <br />commission shall follow the United States Secretary ofthe Interior's formal written <br />Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings in its consideration of all <br /> <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />