86-023 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING ARTICLE 1 SECTION C (7) OF APPENDIX B-1 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE NO 83-065 OF SAID CODE

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ORDINANCE N0. 86-023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING ARTICLE 1, SECTION C(7) OF APPENDIX B-1, FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION, ORDINANCE N0. 83-065 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING THAT AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD BE DELINEATED ON SUBDIVISIUN PLAT; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $1,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 1, 1986. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. That Article l, Section C(7) of Appendix B-l, Flood Damage Prevention, Ordinance No. 83-065 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read as follows: "ARTICLE l. STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION, FINDINGS OF FACT, PURPOSE AND METHODS. Section C. Statement of purpose. It is the pu.rpose of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed: (7) To ensure that the potential buyers are notified that the property is in a flood area. Such notification to include but not be limited to the delineation of areas of special flood hazards or flood-prone areas depicted on all preliminary and final plats filed with the City of Paris in accordance with the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Paris which plats must be certified to by a registered professional engineer practicing and authorized to practice civil engineering in the State of Texas." Section 2. Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a Class "C" Misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $1,000.00, and each and every day's continu- ance of any violation of the above enumerated section shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense. Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective on August 1, 1986.