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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2005-015 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, SUSPENDING THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR AND <br />IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON THE ERECTION, RECONSTRUCTION, <br />AND PLACEMENT OF GROUND SIGNS, POLE SIGNS, SIGNBOARDS, <br />BILLBOARDS, TORPEDO SIGNS, AND ELECTRIC SIGNS, WITHIN THE <br />CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS; ESTABLISHING A DURATION <br />FOR SAID MORATORIUM AND SUSPENSION; AUTHORIZING THE <br />PREPARATION OF A NEW ORDINANCE REGULATING SIGNS AND <br />BILLBOARDS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS; <br />PROVIDING A VARIANCE AND APPEAL PROCESS; PROVIDING FOR A <br />PENALTY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED <br />TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, fmds and determines that <br />the sign regulations of the City of Paris, as contained in Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances, <br />were originally codified in 1970 and have not been substantially reviewed or revised since 1986; <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council fmds and determines that the State and Federal laws and <br />regulations related to signs and billboards have substantially changed since the City's sign <br />regulations were reviewed and revised; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the desires and needs of the <br />community and the citizens of the city of Paris with regard to the regulation of signs and billboards <br />have likewise changed and matured since the City's sign regulations were reviewed and revised; <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council deems it appropriate to suspend the issuance of permits for <br />and impose a moratorium on the erection, reconstruction, and placement of ground signs, pole <br />signs, signboards of all kinds, billboards, torpedo signs, and electric signs, whether on buildings <br />or on the ground, requiring a permit or not, for a reasonable time to allow the development of new <br />regulations applicable to the erection, reconstruction, and placement of ground signs, pole signs, <br />signboards, billboards, torpedo signs, and electric signs within the city limits ofthe city of Paris; <br />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 [mdings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br /> <br />, <br />i. <br />