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<br />WHEREAS, Section 54.032 (4) ofthe Local Government Code authorizes the quasi-judicial <br />enforcement of ordinances which relate to conditions caused by accumulations of refuse, vegetation, <br />or other matter that creates breeding and living places for insects and rodents; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 54.032 (5) ofthe Local Government Code authorizes the quasi-judicial <br />enforcement of ordinances which relate to a building code or to the condition, use, or appearance of <br />property in a municipality; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 54.033 of Subchapter C of Chapter 54 ofthe Local Government Code <br />authorizes the creation of a building and standards commission to hear and determine cases alleging <br />violations of ordinances concerning damaged or deteriorated structures or procedures, and the City <br />Council of the City of Paris desires to create and implement such a building and standards <br />commission to enforce this ordinance; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Subchapter A of Chapter 217 of the Local Government Code authorizes a <br />home-rule city to enforce all ordinances necessary to prevent and summarily abate and remove <br />nuisances; and. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted ordinances relating to the abatement of the above- <br />described nuisance conditions; and , <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is necessary for the effective enforcement of these ordinances for City code <br />inspectors to enter onto private property for the purpose of investigating and documenting such <br />nuisances; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is necessary in many instances that City code inspectors obtain search <br />warrants to enter onto property or enter structures located thereon in order to complete such <br />investigations; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 18.05 authorizes the issuance of <br />warrants for fire, health, and code inspections; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris is a home rule city; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Office of the Attorney General of Texas has opined that a home rule city <br />can enact an ordinance providing for administrative search warrants for fire, health and code <br />inspections to be issued by a municipal court judge; NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br /> <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />