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<br />Odober4,2007
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<br />ORDINANCE NO.
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<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />TEXAS AMENDING SECTIONS 28-1, DEFINITIONS, SECTION 28-21,
<br />REMOVAL OF SIGNS BY CITY, AND ADOPTING A NEW SECTION
<br />28-24, DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC SIGNS, TO CHAPTER 28, SIGNS
<br />AND BILLBOARDS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
<br />OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING NEW DEFINITIONS AND
<br />REGULATIONS FOR DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC SIGNS AND
<br />CLARIFYING THE PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING AND DISPOSING
<br />OF ILLEGAL SIGNS PLACED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY;
<br />LIFTING THE MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR
<br />THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND PLACEMENT OF
<br />DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY OF PARIS;
<br />MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
<br />SUBJECT; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, REPEALER CLAUSE,
<br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND SA VINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING
<br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, finds and detennines that the sign
<br />regulations of the City of Paris, as contained in Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances were originally
<br />codified in 1970 and have not been substantially reviewed or revised since 1986; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, due to continuing growth and development in the City of Paris, changes in federal
<br />and state laws applicable to sign regulations and changes in the advertising and sign industry, the City
<br />Council has detennined that it is necessary to review, study, revise and update the City's sign regulations
<br />as they apply to digital and electronic signs; and
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<br />WHEREAS, since the City's sign ordinance was last updated, technology has advanced
<br />considerably in the area of digital and electronic signs, and the City's ordinance provides little or no
<br />guidance or rules pertaining to digital or electronic signs; further, due to the ability of electronic signs to
<br />change the size, type, color and presentation of their message at varying speeds, electronic signs can be
<br />more distracting to the general public and potentially more dangerous to the public safety as they distract
<br />the attention of motor vehicle operators as they are driving on the public roadways; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of City of Paris did heretofore, on the 14th day of May,
<br />2007 enact Ordinance No. 2007-010 imposing a one hundred twenty (120) day moratorium on
<br />the issuance of permits for the construction, reconstruction, and placement of billboard signs,
<br />electronic signs and off-premises signs within the city limits of the city of Paris, Texas; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, on August 27, 2007, the City Council of the City of Paris enacted
<br />Ordinance No. 2007-021, extending the moratorium on the issuance of permits for the
<br />construction, reconstruction, and placement of billboard signs, electronic signs and off-premises
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