2008-021-ORD-AMENDING CHAPTER 28, SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVINDING FOR REVISED ADN EXPANDED DEFINITIONS;

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ORDINANCE NO. 2008 -021 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 28, SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR REVISED AND EXPANDED DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR REGULATION AND PERMITTING OF BILLBOARDS, OFF - PREMISE AND TEMPORARY SIGNS; SIGN PLACEMENT LOCATIONS; PROVIDING REVISED SIZE SPACING REGULATIONS; PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING NON - CONFORMING, ABANDONED, OBSOLETE, NUISANCE, OR OTHERWISE UNLAWFUL SIGNS; PROVIDING AN APPEAL, VARIANCE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS TO PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS; 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, in August, 2007, the City Council of the City of Paris created the Code Enforcement Task Force to review and study proposed ordinances and regulations of the City of Paris addressing health, safety and beautification issues within the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the City Council directed the Code Enforcement Task Force to study and consider proposed amendments to the Sign Ordinance including regulations applicable to billboards, off - premises and temporary signs. The Task Force has completed its review of the City's sign regulations and has recommended numerous revisions thereto. WHEREAS, the City Council having reviewed the recommendations of the Task Force for amending Chapter 28, Signs and Billboards, of 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 Chapter 28, Signs and Billboards of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read in its entirety as follows: "CHAPTER 28 SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Page 1 of 36