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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, AMENDING ARTICLE III, "FIRE CODE," SECTION 12-53, "FIRE CODE <br />AMENDEMENTS;" MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED <br />TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY <br />CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR <br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, in Ordinance 2017-025, the City of Paris adopted the 2015 International <br />Fire Code promulgated by the International Code Council; and <br />WHEREAS, city staff appointed a committee of local builders, developers, engineers, <br />and tradesmen to review said local amendments to help determine which of said <br />amendments as they have been applied in practice are appropriate for the City of Paris and <br />which amendments are not; and <br />WHEREAS, said committee and staff have made recommendations to revise and <br />amend the local amendments to the 2015 International Fire Code; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Fire Marshal hereby recommends that the 2015 International <br />Fire Code is the best uniform building and electrical codes to provide uniform guidelines <br />and regulations for all property, buildings and structures by providing the standards for <br />supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure <br />that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use and the condemnation of <br />buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use and the demolition of such <br />structures in the City of Paris, Texas, and that it is in the best interest of the health and safety <br />of the citizens of the City of Paris, Texas to revise the local amendments recommended by <br />the committee; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Paris and <br />its citizens to amend the local amendments to the 2015 International Fire Code as set forth <br />below. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: <br />Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. Section 12-53, "Fire Code Amendments," of Chapter 12, Article III of the <br />Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />1 <br />