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DRAFT ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; AMENDING SECTION 3-5, CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS TO ALLOW THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT THE LOVE CIVIC CENTER AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY FAIRGROUNDS WITH APPROPRIATE TABC PERMIT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, certain local businesses and organizations have expressed interest in amending the City's Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance to allow for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at certain events held at the Love Civic Center or the Red River Valley Fairgrounds with appropriate TABC permit; and, WHEREAS, the sponsors believe that the City will have more success at drawing larger events to Paris if sponsors are allowed to sell alcoholic beverages to adults at these venues with appropriate TABC license; and WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens to amend the Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance to alow the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at certain events held at the Love Civic Center and the Red River Valley Fairgrounds with appropriate TABC permit. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Section 3-5, Chapter 3, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES "Sec. 3-5. Extended Hours; Sale or consumption on public property; closing hours. (a) As permitted in section 105.06 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, extended hours are hereby established within the corporate limits of the city. 1 44