2005-022-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTIONS 17-25 AND 17-27(a) OF SAID CODE

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ORDINANCE NO. 2005-022 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTIONS 17-25 AND 17-27(a) OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING THAT THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC NUISANCES BE AMENDED; PROVIDING THAT THE CITY BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ONLY ONE NOTICE PER YEAR TO PROPERTY OWNERS PRIOR TO ABATEMENT OF A NUISANCE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES ORP ARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the lOth day of April, 2000, adopt Ordinance No. 2000-020, which adopted a new Article 11, Sections 17-21 through 17-31, entitled "Control of Weeds, Junk, and Other Objectionable, Unsightly, or Unsanitary Matter on Private Premises"; and, WHEREAS, since the adoption of the above-referenced Ordinance No. 2000-020, V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code, Chapter 342, entitled "Local Regulation of Sanitation," has been amended, and it is deemed appropriate that the City Council amend Sections 17-25 and 17-27(a) of the Code of Ordinances in order to require property owners to abate nuisances both more quickly upon initial notice and continually throughout the year after one notice, which said amendments will help to reduce the cost of enforcement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Section 17-25 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows: "Sec. 17-25. Notice of violation prior to abatement by City. (a) Notice required. Except as provided by Section 17-26 of this article, in the event that any person owning any real property, occupied or unoccupied, improved or unimproved, developed or undeveloped, within the corporate limits of the city fails or refuses to comply with the provisions oftms article, the City shall give seven (7) days' notice of the violation to the owner prior to abating the violation, as provided herein.