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ORDINANCE NO. 2022 - 028 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 4, "BUILDING REGULATIONS," ARTICLE 4.02, <br />"CONSTRUCTION CODES AND STANDARDS," ARTICLE 4.03, SECTION <br />4.03.004, "BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION ESTABLISHED; <br />PROCEEDINGS; CIVIL PENALTIES," ARTICLE 4.04, "RESIDENTIAL RENTAL <br />PROPERTY MAINTENANCE," ARTICLE 4.05, "VACANT BUILDINGS;" AND <br />AMENDING APPENDIX A, "FEE SCHEDULE," OF THE CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS <br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER <br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING <br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has previously adopted Chapter 4, "Building <br />Regulations," Article 4.02, "Construction Codes and Standards," to the Code of Ordinances, <br />by which the City the has adopted the 2015 International Building Code, the 2015 <br />International Residential Code, the 2015 International Existing Building Code, the 2015 <br />International Plumbing Code, the 2015 International Mechanical Code, and the 2014 <br />National Electrical Code to provide for safe and orderly development of structures in the city; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has previously adopted Chapter 4, Article 4.03.004, <br />"Building and Standards Commision Established; Proceedings; Civil Penalties" to embue the <br />Building and Standards Commission with certain powers, jurisdiction, and authority; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has also previously adopted Chapter 4, Article 4.04, <br />"Residential Rental Property Maintenance" to provide for a basic level of safety in residential <br />rental properties throughout the city; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has previously adopted Chapter 4, Article 4.05, "Vacant <br />Buildings" to encourage development of precious building stock in the Downtown Historic <br />Overlay District and to provide a basic level of safety for those buildings; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has previously adopted Appendix A, "Fee Schedule," <br />Section A3.004, "Registration of Vacant Building" to provide for a fee for maintaining a vacant <br />building covered by Article 4.05; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has identified a need for additional regulation of vacant <br />buildings and residential rental properties in the city's historic overlay districts so as to <br />better preserve the historic value of those structures as well as to maintain the historic <br />character of those districts; <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 <br />in all things approved. <br />