2003-027-ORD AMENDING SECTION X OF ORDINANCE NO 1315 IN EXTENSION OF ALTERNATE SEWER COLLECTORS

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ORDINANCE NO. 2003-027 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION X OF ORDINANCE NO. 1315, THE CITY SUBDMSION ORDINANCE, TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR CITY PARTICIPATION IN THE EXTENSION OF ALTERNATE SEWER COLLECTORS FOR EXISTING STRUCTURES LOCATED IN mSTORIC DISTRICTS; PROVIDING FOR A COST SHARING WITH OWNERS OF STRUCTURES BENEFITTED FROM SAID SEWER LINE EXTENSION; AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT ESTABLISHING AN ASSESSMENT AND MEANS OF PAYING SAID COSTS OVER TIME; AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTION OF SAID ASSESSMENTS WITH REGULAR MONTHLY SEWER AND W ATERBILLS; PROVIDING FORA CONTRACTUAL LIEN; PROVIDING FOR COLLECTION OF SAID LIEN; PROVIDING FOR WITHHOLDING OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICE FOR NON- PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DAT E. 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, remove substandard buildings and structures, preserve historically significant structures and areas, and protect and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and generally improve the over-all appearance of the community; and, WHEREAS, in pursuit of said goals, the City, among other actions, has adopted Article VII, entitled Historic Preservation, to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of Paris, known as the Historic Preservation Ordinance, to provide for the preservation of significant historica1landmarks and properties within the City; and, WHEREAS, the City has likewise adopted amendments to its Zoning Ordinance to provide for the creation of areas designated as Historic Districts pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that structures located within Historic Districts present special problems associated with construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of said structures, and accessing sewer mains presents special problems associated with said historical structures which require the adoption of special policies and regulations associated therewith to foster and encourage the rehabilitation and reconstruction of structures located within the aforesaid Historic District; NOW, THEREFORE,