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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-010 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />AMENDING SECTION 3-5, CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF THE <br />CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS TO ALLOW THE SALE AND <br />CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT THE LOVE CIVIC CENTER <br />AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY FAIRGROUNDS WITH APPROPRIATE TABC <br />PERMIT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE <br />SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A <br />SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, certain local businesses and organizations have expressed interest in <br />amending the City's Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance to allow for the sale and consumption of <br />alcoholic beverages at certain events held at the Love Civic Center or the Red River Valley <br />Fairgrounds with appropriate TABC permit; and, <br />WHEREAS, the sponsors believe that the City will have more success at drawing <br />larger events to Paris if sponsors are allowed to sell alcoholic beverages to adults at these <br />venues with appropriate TABC license; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Paris and <br />its citizens to amend the Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance to allow the sale and consumption of <br />alcoholic beverages at certain events held at the Love Civic Center and the Red River Valley <br />Fairgrounds with appropriate TABC permit. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: <br />Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. That Section 3-5, Chapter 3, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of <br />Paris, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />"CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES <br />"Sec. 3-5. Extended Hours; Sale or consumption on public property; closing hours. <br />(a) As permitted in section 105.06 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, extended hours <br />are hereby established within the corporate limits of the city. <br />(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or possess with intent to consume an <br />alcoholic beverage in a public place within the corporate limits of the city on Sunday between <br />