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DRAFT <br />attorney\ordwork\current\Amend Sec. 5-7 Livestock Ord 2009 <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING SECTION 5-7, LIMITATIONS ON KEEPING LIVESTOCK-- <br />GENERALLY, OF CHAPTER 5, ANIMALS AND FOWLS, OF THE CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; CHANGING THE RATIO OF <br />ANIMALS TO AREA; PROVIDING FOR A ONE YEAR COMPLIANCE PERIOD; <br />MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROWISIONS RELATED TO THE <br />SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A <br />SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas created a Code Enforcement <br />Task Force made up of three (3) City Council members and fourteen (14) interested <br />citizens from the City of Paris to review and study variaus issues affecting the cleanliness <br />and appearance of the City of Paris; and <br />WHEREAS, at regular meetings of the Code Enforcement Task Force on Apri18, July <br />1, and August 19, 2008, the Task Force reviewed, discussed, and developed proposed <br />regulations addressing the number of large animals allowed in an area and has <br />recommended that these amended regulations be adopted by the City Council; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council having reviewed the recommendations of the Task <br />Force for amending Section 5-7, of the City Code of Ordinances hereby finds and <br />determines that the changes recommended below are in the best interest of the City of <br />Paris and its citizens and should be adopted. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE C1TY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in <br />all things approved. <br />Section 2. That Section 5-7, of Chapter 5 Animals and Fowls of the Code of <br />Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as <br />follows: <br />"Sec. 5-7. Limitations on keeping livestock--Generally. <br />(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor, keep, or maintain, livestock <br />on less than one-half acre inside the city limits; no more than one head of <br />livestock shall be allowed in an enclosure less than two (2) acres in size <br />exclusive of any residential structure and front yard area. Additional livestock <br />can be kept in an enclosure in the ratio of one (1) head of livestock for every <br />additional two (2) acres. This section shall apply to all property located within <br />the corporate city limits of the City of Paris, except those areas zoned <br />Agricultural. <br />~ i <br />~ 0()U2 <br />