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ORDINANCE NO. 2017 -009
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
<br />DECLARING JUNK AND RUBBISH, AS DEFINED HEREIN, TO BE A PUBLIC
<br />NUISIANCE; AUTHORIZING THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS
<br />COMMISSION TO CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND TO ISSUE ORDERS
<br />TO REMOVE OR STORE SAID JUNK AND RUBBISH; AUTHORIZING THE
<br />CITY TO PERFORM SUCH WORK AND FILE LIENS IF ORDERS OF THE
<br />COMMISSION ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY
<br />CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALER
<br />CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
<br />EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, certain kinds of junk that are not properly stored or disposed of
<br />represent a threat to the life, health, and safety of City residents; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the public health, safety, and
<br />welfare are served by the creation of a process to eliminate junk within its corporate limits;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code Chapter 54, Subchapter C, "Quasi- Judicial
<br />Enforcement of Health and Safety Ordinances," provides that a municipality may invest its
<br />Building and Standards Commission with the authority to hear and determine cases
<br />concerning alleged violations of ordinances relating to conditions caused by accumulations
<br />of refuse, vegetation and other matter that create breeding and living places for insects and
<br />rodents and relating to the condition, use or appearance of property in the municipality;
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />TEXAS:
<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in
<br />all things approved.
<br />Section 2. That Section 17 -21, "Definitions," out of Article I1, of Chapter 17,
<br />"HEALTH," shall be amended to amend the definitions of "Rubbish" and "Junk" to read as
<br />follows:
<br />"Rubbish shall mean both garbage and trash and shall include all animal, vegetable and
<br />inorganic matter subject to discard which is generated from within a household, residence,
<br />or business, such as, but not limited to, coffee grounds, tin cans, bottles, paper bags, plastic
<br />items, boxes, glass, and food articles, and additionally, shall include all animal, vegetable,
<br />and inorganic matter subject to discard which is not typically generated from within a
<br />household, residence, or business, such as shrubbery, grass clippings, brush, yard cleaning
<br />materials, leaves, tree trimmings, and other similar wastes."
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