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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2003-117
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<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
<br />EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST TO AN AGREEMENT
<br />FOR THE EXTENSION OF AN ALTERNATIVE SEWER COLLECTOR
<br />LINE ON BEHALF OF THE DOWNTOWN INVESTMENT GROUP
<br />PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2003-027; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS
<br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN
<br />EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, in conjunction with other
<br />governmental entities, private groups, and private individuals, has supported and participated in
<br />a community-wide beautification program intended to remove junk, litter, and other unsightly
<br />materials, generally improve blighted areas of the City, remove substandard buildings and
<br />structures, preserve historically significant structures in areas, and protect and preserve the public
<br />health, safety, and welfare, and generally improve the over-all appearance of the community; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, in pursuit of said goals, the City, among other actions, has adopted Article
<br />VII entitled Historic Preservation, to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris,
<br />known as the Historic Preservation Ordinance, to provide for the preservation of significant
<br />historical landmarks and properties within the City; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City has likewise adopted amendments to its Zoning Ordinance to provide
<br />for the creation of areas designated as Historic Districts pursuant to the terms and provisions of
<br />the Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council has, by adoption of Ordinance No. 2003-023 designated a
<br />substantial portion of the Paris downtown area as an Historic Overlay District; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council has likewise found and determined that structures located
<br />within the Downtown Historic District present special problems associated with their construction,
<br />reconstruction, and rehabilitation, and accessing sewer mains associated with said historical
<br />structures presents special problems which require the adoption of special policies and regulations
<br />associated therewith to foster and encourage the rehabilitation and construction of structures
<br />located within the aforesaid historic district; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, in furtherance of said goal of assisting the owners of historical structures
<br />located within historic districts to access sewer mains, the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
<br />2003-027 on June 16,2003, amending Section 10 of Ordinance No. 1315, the City Subdivision
<br />Ordinance, to provide a process for City participation in the extension of alternate sewer collectors
<br />for existing structures located in Historic Districts ("the Ordinance"); and,
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<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforesaid Ordinance, the City has received from Downtown
<br />Investment Group (the "Developer"), a Texas Limited Partnership created pursuant to the laws
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