2008-008-ORD-ADDING NEW CHAPTER 11.5 ENTITLED FENCE REGULATIONS TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES

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ORDINANCE N0. 2008-008 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 11.5 ENTITLED FENCE REGULATIIONS TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas created a Code Enforcement Task Force made up of three (3) City Council members and fourteen (14) interested citizens from the City of Paris to review and study various issues affecting the cleanliness and appearance of the City of Paris; and WHEREAS, at regular meetings of the Code Enforcement Task Force in January, February and March, 2008, the Task Force reviewed, discussed, and developed proposed regulations addressing fencing and screening devices in the City of Paris and has recommended that these regulations be adopted by the City Council and added as Chapter 11.5, Fence Regulations, to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the City Council having reviewed the recommendations of the Task Force for adding a new Chapter 11.5, Fence Regulations, to the City Code of Ordinances hereby finds and determines that the changes recommended below are in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens and should be adopted. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That a new Chapter 11.5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby established to read as follows: "CHAPTER 11.5 FENCE REGULATIONS "Sec. 11.5-1. Definitions (a) Average grade. The average point between the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving, or sidewalk and the highest point. (b) Chain Link Fence. A fence structure made of metal fence fabric attached to galvanized or wooden posts in an approved and workmanlike manner.