12 - Amendment to the Substandard and Dangerious Building Ordinance and authorizing a Salvage Program - Article 4.03

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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE 4.03, "SUBSTANDARD AND DANGEROUS BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, "BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS," TO AUTHORIZE A SALVAGE PROGRAM FOR SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES DEMOLISHED BY THE CITY, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 2002-032, the City Council enacted Article 4.03.001, "Substandard and Dangerous Buildings and Structures;" and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas has appointed a Building and Standards Commission pursuant to state law and local ordinance to conduct hearings and issue orders, including but not limited to orders for demolition of substandard structures and dangerous buildings; and WHEREAS, the City has an active program of addressing such structures in order to remove blight from neighborhoods and other areas; and WHEREAS, frequently, property owners fail to demolish properties subject to demolition orders, and consequently, the demolition must be conducted by the City at a cost to taxpayers; and WHEREAS, while the City files liens for all work done by the City pursuant to such demolition orders, such liens often go unpaid; and WHEREAS, currently, when the City demolishes a structure, all materials that are a product of the demolition are disposed of in a landfill, increasing cost to the City, placing strain on the landfill, and generally generating waste; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to authorize a program by which the City may, prior to demolition and in accordance with valid orders of the Building and Standards Commission, engage a contractor or contractors to perform salvage operations in structures to be demolished, at no cost to the City; and WHEREAS, such a salvage program will reduce waste to be disposed of in a landfill, thus reducing the City's costs of demolition and improving the environmental impact of such demolitions;