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ORDINANCE NO. <br />2017 -032 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 3, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, OF THE CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS REVISING REGULATIONS <br />RELATING TO THE SALE AND PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC <br />BEVERAGES ON CITY -OWNED PROPERTY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS <br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER <br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY <br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Paris passed Ordinance No. 2009 -019 on <br />May 26, 2009 relating to the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the City of <br />Paris; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has amended said ordinance on several occasions; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code ( "the Code ") Sec. 1.06, the <br />manufacture, sale, distribution, transportation, and possession of alcoholic beverages is <br />governed exclusively by that Code; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Sec. 109.32(c -1), a <br />municipality may not regulate the possession of an open container or the public <br />consumption of alcoholic beverages except in very narrow circumstances; and <br />WHEREAS, the City wishes to facilitate City- sanctioned events in the downtown <br />area and where appropriate in City -owned parks and on other City -owned property; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, 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 3 -5, "Consumption on public property, on private property <br />commonly used by the public and in private clubs; closing hours," of Chapter 3, "Alcoholic <br />Beverages," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby <br />renamed and amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />"Sec. 3 -5. Consumption and sale on City -owned property; closing hours. <br />(a) As permitted in section 105.06 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, <br />extended hours are hereby established within the corporate limits of the City. <br />(b) The sale and consumption of any alcoholic beverage in any City -owned <br />park, sports complex, recreational center, or other City -owned property <br />within the corporate limits of the City is unlawful and is prohibited. <br />—1— <br />