2018-020 Residential Rental Property Maintenance Code

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ORDINANCE NO. 2018-020 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 7, "BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO ADD ARTICLE VIII, "RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE;" MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris finds that that all persons residing in the City deserve housing that is at least minimally safe; and WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that while most owners of residential rental properties maintain said properties in a safe manner, there exist in the City residential rental properties that fall below generally accepted health and safety standards for housing, and that such properties should be made to be sanitary and safe for the residents thereof; and WHEREAS, such substandard housing is detrimental not only to the occupants thereof, but also has a deleterious effect on surrounding properties and the neighborhoods in which they are located; and WHEREAS, the City has not heretofore adopted any residential rental property maintenance code; and WHEREAS, in order to attain the objective of sanitary and safe housing for all residents of residential rental properties, the City Council finds it to be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Paris to adopt minimal health and life safety standards for said properties and to require the owners of said properties to maintain their properties in such a manner as to meet such standards; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved.