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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ORDINANCE N0. $7-044 <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, <br /> PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE <br /> AMENDED BY REVISING SECTIONS 1-6, 6-28 (b), 7-37 (b), <br /> 12-154, 14-4, 15-25, 24-5, 24-13, 31-44 OF SAID CODE; <br /> PARAGRAPH 23-100, SECTION 23, APPENDIX A TO SAID CODE; AND <br /> ARTICLE 6, SECTION A, APPENDIX B-1 TO SAID CODE; PROVIDING <br /> FOR INCREASE IN MAXIMUM FINE FOR ORDINANCES THAT GOVERN FIRE <br /> SAFETY, ZONING, OR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION, INCLUDING <br /> DUMPING OF REFUSE HERETOFORE SET AT $1,000.00 to $2,000.00 <br /> AND FOR OTHER ORDINANCE ViOLATIONS FROM $200.00 to $500.00 <br /> AS AUTHORIZED BY RECENT LEGISLATION; REPEALING ALL <br /> ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND <br /> PROVIDIIv"G FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER l, 1987. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> PARIS: <br /> Section 1. That Section 1-6 of the Code of Ordi- <br /> nances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so <br /> that such shall read as follows: <br /> "Sec. 1-6. General penalty; continuing <br /> violations. <br /> <br /> Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of <br /> the city an act is prohibited or is made or <br /> declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misde- <br /> meanor, or wherever in such Code or ordinance the <br /> doing of any act is required or the failure to do <br /> any act is declared to be unlawful, and no <br /> specific penalty is provided therefor, the vio- <br /> lation of any such provision of this Code or any <br /> such ordinance shall be punished by a firie of not <br /> exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00); provided <br /> however, that no penalty shall be greater or less <br /> than the penalty provided for the same or a <br /> similar offense under the laws of the state. Each <br /> day a.ny violation of this Code or any ordinance <br /> shall continue shall constitute a separate <br /> offense." <br /> Section 9. That Section 6-28 (b) of the Code of <br /> Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so <br /> that such shall read as follows: <br /> "Sec. 6-28. Penalty. <br /> (a) . . . <br /> (b) Any person violating any provision of <br /> this chapter dealing with fire safety or zoning <br /> shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- <br /> viction sha11 be fined any sum not to exceed two <br /> thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and each day's <br /> continuance of any such viol_ation shall be deemed <br /> a separate offense." <br /> Section 3. That Section 7-37 (b) of the Code of <br /> Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so <br /> that such shall read as follows: <br /> "Sec. 7-37. Penalty. <br /> <br /> (a) . . . <br /> (b) Any person violating any of the pro- <br /> visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a <br />