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ORDINANCE NO. 2017 -027 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 25, "PLUMBING AND GAS," OF THE CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO ADOPT THE 2015 <br />INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE AND THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL <br />FUEL GAS CODE, AS AMENDED HEREIN, AS THE OFFICIAL PLUMBING <br />AND GAS CODES FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />TEXAS AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND <br />PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER <br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY <br />CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris has previously adopted the Standard Plumbing Code, <br />1994 Edition, and the Standard Gas Code, 1994 Edition; and <br />WHEREAS, the International Code Council has promulgated its International <br />Plumbing Code and International Fuel Gas Code to supersede the Standard codes referred <br />to herein above, and updated same in 2015; and <br />WHEREAS, the 1994 Standard Plumbing Code and Standard Gas Code are outdated; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, new and updated building, fire, residential and electrical codes are <br />necessary to properly regulate and govern the conditions and maintenance of all property, <br />buildings and structures by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and <br />other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary <br />and fit for occupation and use, and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for <br />human occupancy and use and the demolition of such structures in the City of Paris; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Engineer and the Building Inspector hereby recommend the <br />2015 International Plumbing Code and the 2015 International Fuel Gas Code as the best <br />uniform building and electrical codes to provide uniform guidelines and regulations for all <br />property, buildings and structures by providing the standards for supplied utilities and <br />facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are <br />safe, sanitary and fit for occ4ation and use and the condemnation of buildings and <br />structures unfit for human occupancy and use and the demolition of such structures in the <br />City of Paris, Texas; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Paris <br />and its citizens to repeal the existing 1994 Editions of the Standard Plumbing Code and the <br />Standard Gas Code and to adopt the 2015 International Plumbing Code and the 2015 <br />International Fuel Gas Code as amended with local amendments as set out below. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />