96-020 ORD PROVIDED CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMDNED BY ADDING AN ARTICLE IV TO CHAPTER 21 OF SAID CODE

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ORDINANCE NO. 96-020 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY ADDING AN ARTICLE IV TO CHAPTER 21 OF SAID CODE; DEFINING TERMS; REQUIRING A PROPERTY OWNER TO REMOVE FROM THE PROPERTY ALL GRAFFITI THAT IS VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC; PROVIDING FOR A NOTICE TO REMOVE GRAFFITI BEFORE A CITATION WILL BE ISSLTED; CREATING EXCEPTIONS AND DEFENSES; REQUIRING NOTICE TO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ON WHOSE PROPERTY GRAFFITI EXISTS: PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS TO ASSI5T IN THE REMOVAL OF GRAFFITI FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY; HOLDING A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A MINOR CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GRAFFITI CREATED BY THE MINOR; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $500.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MAY 1, 1996. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. That Chapter 21 the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding an Article IV thereto so that such shall read as follows: "ARTICLE IV. GRAFFITI "Sec.21.75. Definitions. "As used in this Article, the following words shall have the definitions ascribed to them by this Section: "Director means the director of the department designated by the City Manager to enforce and administer this Article or the Director's authorized representative. "Graffiti means any marking, including, but not limited to, any inscription, slogan, drawing, painting, symbol, logo, name, character or figure that is made in any manner on tangible property. "Guardian means: "(a) a person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor, or "(b) a public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court. "Minor means any person under 17 years of age. "Owner means any person with the legal right of possession to tangible property. "Parent means a person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent, or step-parent of another person. "Sec. 21.76. Duty of property owner to remove grafriti. "(a) An owner of any tangible property in the City commits any offense if he fails to remove all graffiti from the property that is visible from any public property or right-of-way or from any private property other than the property on which the graffiti exists, unless the graffiti was created on the property with the