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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />f:attorneylordworklcurrentlCitations & Failure to Appear by Code Inspectors Ord 2007 <br />October 26, 2007 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE PARIS <br />CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING NEW SECTIONS 18-25 <br />AUTHORIZATION FOR CODE INSPECTORS TO ISSUE CITATIONS, AND <br />18-26 FAILURE TO APPEAR; PROVIDING AUTHORIZATION FOR CODE <br />INSPECTORS TO ISSUE CITATIONS AND CREATING THE OFFENSE OF <br />FAILURE TO APPEAR; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; <br />AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 54.004 of the Local Government Code authorizes home-rule cities to <br />enforce ordinances necessary to protect health, life, and property and to preserve the good <br />government, order, and security of the city and its inhabitants; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council in furtherance of enforcing prosecution of violations of the City <br />of Paris Code of Ordinances and to enhance the efficiency of prosecution of violations of the Code <br />of Ordinances in the City of Paris Municipal Court, hereby creates the offense of failure to appear <br />in the City of Paris Municipal Court after the issuance of a Citation for violation of the Code of <br />Ordinances ofthe City of Paris, Texas. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in order to protect and maintain the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens <br />of the City of Paris, the City Council desires to grant authority to City of Paris Code Inspectors to <br />initiate and begin prosecution against persons in the City of Paris Municipal Court by issuing <br />citations for violations of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances; and <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF PARIS, TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things <br />approved. <br /> <br />Section 2. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is <br />hereby, amended by adding a new Section 18-25 entitled Authorization for Code Inspectors to issue <br />Citations, to Article II, Chapter 18 to read as follows: <br /> <br />r"',.r' <br />