2018-020 Residential Rental Property Maintenance Code

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ordinance, and any violations discovered during such inspections will be separate violations as well. Convictions and/or deferred dispositions on new violations discovered during any 24 month inspection period will result in a new 24 month period during which the owner or occupant must make the property available for inspection. "(d) It shall be a defense to prosecution under this Article that: "(1) the occupant or tenant of residential rental property failed to give the owner reasonable notice of a violation of this Article prior to the City's sending a violation notice to the owner; and "(2) the violation is corrected by no later than three (3) days prior to trial on the violation to the Court or no later than ten (10) days prior to trial on the violation to a jury. "a. For the purposes of this subsection, a reasonable notice from the occupant or tenant to the owner shall be 24 hours in the case of a life- or health -threatening condition such as arcing electricity or non-functioning plumbing and 5 business days in the event of non -health- or life-threatening conditions. "(e) It shall be a defense to prosecution under this Article that a residential rental property lacks functioning water and sewer service if the reason for that failure is that an occupant or tenant has failed to pay a utility bill, provided that the property otherwise complies with Section 1-171(c) herein." Section 3. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4. That the repeal of any ordinance or part of ordinances affected by the enactment of this ordinance shall not be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such ordinance or as discontinuing, abating, modifying, or altering any penalty accruing or to accrue, or as affecting any rights of the municipality under any section or provisions of any ordinance at the time of passage of this ordinance. Section 5. That it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Paris that this ordinance, and every provision hereof, shall be considered severable, and the invalidity or partial invalidity of any section, clause, or provisions of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other portion of this ordinance.