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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, AND ADOPTING A
<br />NEW SECTION 28-24, 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 ELECTRONIC SIGNS; LIFTING THE
<br />MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE
<br />CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND PLACEMENT OF
<br />ELECTRONIC SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER
<br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
<br />PROVIDING A PENAL TY CLAUSE, REPEALER CLAUSE,
<br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND SA VINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING
<br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />WHEREAS, due to continuing growth and development in the City of Paris, changes in
<br />federal and state laws applicable to sign regulations and changes in the advertising and sign
<br />industry, the City Council has determined that it is necessary to review, study, revise and update
<br />the City's sign regulations as they apply to 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 electronic signs, and the City's ordinance provides little or no
<br />guidance or rules pertaining to 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
<br />can be more distracting to the general public and potentially more dangerous to the public safety
<br />as they distract the attention of motor vehicle operators as they are driving on the public
<br />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
<br />signs within the city limits of the city of Paris, Texas for a period of thirty (30) days from and
<br />after September 14,2007; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, on October 12, 2007, the City Council of the City of Paris enacted
<br />Ordinance No. 2007-040, extending the moratorium on the issuance of permits for the
<br />construction, reconstruction, and placement of electronic signs and off-premises signs within the
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