2002-033-ORD AMENDING CHAPTER 7 ARTICLE IV SECTIONS 7-71 THROUGH 7-100 OF CODE OF ORDINANCES

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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, in conjunction with other governmental entities, private groups, and private individuals, has supported and participated in a community-wide beautification program intended to remove junk, litter, and other unsightly materials, generally improve blighted areas of the City, regulate and where appropriate remove substandard buildings and structures, protect and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and generally improve the overall appearance of the community; and, WHEREAS, in pursuit of such goals, the City Council desires to protect the public health and safety at the same time protecting the rights of individual property owners; and, WHEREAS, in furtherance of these goals, the City Council has adopted Article III to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, entitled "Hazardous Buildings" for the purpose of regulating substandard structures and buildings within the City; and, WHEREAS, in the process of the adoption of said Article, City Council directed the inclusion of Section 7-50 thereto, dealing with the preservation of substandard buildings as historic property; and, WHEREAS, in order to implement fully said Section 7-50, and to otherwise provide for the preservation of significant historical landmarks and properties within the City, the City Council authorized application on behalf of the city for a designation as a Certified Local Government by the Texas State Historical Preservation Office as provided by 16 U.S.C.A. Section 470 et seq; and, WHEREAS, as part of the aforesaid certification process, the City must adopt an appropriate historic preservation ordinance establishing among other things a historic preservation commission empowered to undertake certain actions and exercise certain responsibility related to the preservation of historical landmarks and structures within the City; and, WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt the aforesaid Historic Preservation Ordinance and create said commission, and implement the necessary procedures and processes in furtherance of preservation of historical landmarks and structures within the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, 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 7, Article IV, Sections 7-71 through 7-100 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, entitled "Moving of Buildings," shall be and is hereby amended to redesignate said Article IV as Article V to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances, entitled Page 2 of 14