2243 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING ARTICLE II CHAPTER 16 OF SAID CODE

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ORDINANCE NO. 2243 , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING ARTICLE II, CHAPTER 16, OF SAID CODE; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL OF JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLES, OR PARTS THEREOF, AS PUBLIC NUISANCES, FROM PRNATE PRO- PERTY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, AS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 6687-9 OF VERNON'S ANNOTATED TEXAS STATUTES; PROVID- ING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200. 00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE- WITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER l, 1975. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. That Article Ordinances of the City of Paris, such shall read as follows: II of Chapter 16 of the Code of Paris, Texas, be amended so that "Article II. Junked Vehicles Sec. 16 -16. Definitions For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them: Junked Vehicle. Any motor vehicle as defined in Section 1 of Article 6701d-11, Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes, which is inoperative and which does not have lawfully affixed thereto both an unexpired license plate or plates and a valid motor vehicle safety inspection certi - ficate and which is wrecked, dismantled, partially dis - mantled or discarded. The provisions hereof shall not apply to vehicles in operable condition specially adapted or constructed for racing or operation on privately -owned drag strips or raceways, vehicles retained by the owner for antique collection purposes rather than for salvage or for transportation, nor vehicles stored as the property of a member of the armed forces of the United States who is on active duty assignment outside the continental and territorial limits of the United States. Person. Any individual, firm, partnership, associa- tion, corporation, company or organization of any kind. Demolisher. Any person whose business is to con- vert a motor vehicle into processed scrap or scrap metal, or otherwise to wreck or dismantle motor ve- hicles.