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<br />Sec. 7-56. Authority of the city attorney. <br /> <br />The city attorney is hereby authorized and it shall be the duty of the office of <br />the city attorney of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, without further authorization ofthe <br />city council, to undertake, by all legal means appropriate or necessary, the <br />enforcement of the orders of the building and standards commission, including but not <br />limited to enforcement in municipal court, filing of appropriate civil actions in courts <br />of appropriate ju risdiction to seek compliance with said orders, or defending the City <br />from suit if suit is taken to appeal any action of the building and standards <br />commiSSion. <br /> <br />Sec. 7-57. Remedies and enforcement. <br /> <br />(a) Nonexclusive. The remedies and penalties set out herein are intended to <br />be nonexclusive; that is, they shall not be construed to exclude the City from seeking <br />any and all remedies at law or equity to which the City may be entitled under state law <br />or otherwise, and the remedies as set out herein shall be considered in addition to and <br />cumulative of such remedies as set out under ~tate law. <br /> <br />(b) Municipal court remedies preserved. Remedies set out in this article shall <br />not affect or bt~ construed to affect the ability of the City to proceed under the <br />jurisdiction of the municipal court. <br /> <br />(c) Penalties in municipal court. <br /> <br />(1) The owner, occupant, lessee, agent, or any other person subject to any <br />notice and order issued by the building and standards commission <br />under this article who shall fail to comply with said notice or order to <br />repair, demolish, or secure such building or structure, or any person <br />who shall willfully refuse or fail to leave a building or structure that <br />has been ordered vacated under the terms of this article or who shall <br />enter an area around such building or structure that has been declared <br />to be dangerous, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be <br />subject to a fine as provided in section 1-6 of the Code of Ordinances <br />of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas. Each and every day's violation shall <br />constitute a separate and distinct offense. <br /> <br />(2) If the owner of any dangerous building or structure ordered vacated, <br />repaired, demolished, or secured under the terms of this article shall <br />be a corporation and shall violate any of the provisions of this article, <br />the president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of such <br />corporation or any manager or agent of such corporation shall be <br />jointly and severally liable for the penalties herein provided. <br /> <br />(3) Any person removing the notice provided for in this article from the <br />building or structure shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and <br /> <br />Page 16 of 24 <br />