2005-067-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTIONS 28-1 28-8 28-9 28-37 BY REPEALING SECTION 28-21

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ORDINANCE NO. 2005-067 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTIONS 28-1, 28-8, 28-9, AND 28-37, BY REPEALING SECTION 28-21 AND ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 28-21, AND BY ADOPTING NEW SECTIONS 28-22 AND 28-23 TO SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR REVISED AND EXPANDED DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR REGULATION OF SIGN PLACEMENT LOCATIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN KINDS AND SIZES OF SIGNS; PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING NON-CONFORMING, ABANDONED, OBSOLETE, NUISANCE, OR OTHERWISE UNLAWFUL SIGNS; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS TO PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, prior to 1970, the City of Paris adopted a comprehensive ordinance regulating signs inside the city limits (the "Sign Ordinance"), and since that time, the only substantial amendment thereto came in 1986; and, WHEREAS, the Sign Ordinance is still in need of revisions to provide the Community Development Department with better enforcement capability and to regulate additional kinds of signs that are not addressed currently; and, WHEREAS, it is therefore deemed appropriate that various provisions of Chapter 28, Articles I and II, of the Code of the Ordinances of the City of Paris be amended; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Section 28-1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows: Page 1 of 17