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DRAFT ALICE\ORDWORK\CURRENT~Iunked Vehicles Amendment 2001 August 31, 2001 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS BY AMENDING SECTION 19-16 OF ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 19, ENTITLED "JUNKED VEHICLES," REVISING CERTAIN DEFINITIONS THEREIN TO CONFORM WITH STATE LAW; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, in conjunction with other governmental entities, private groups, and private individuals, has supported and participated in a community-wide beautification program intended to remove junk, litter, and other unsightly materials, generally improve blighted areas of the City, protect and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and generally improve the overall appearance of the community; and, WHEREAS, in pursuit of such goals, the City Council desires to protect the public health and safety while at the same time protecting the rights of individual property owners; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Subchapter E of Chapter 683 of the Transportation Code, on November 13, 2000, the City Council adopted Chapter 19, Article II, Sections 19-16 through 19-25, entitled "Junked Vehicles; Public Nuisance; Abatement" regulating junked vehicles as public nuisances; and, WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature has made certain amendments to Subchapter E of Chapter 683 concerning the definition of junked vehicles; and, WHEREAS, the City Council desires that said Article II of Chapter 19 conform to state law; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Page 1 of 3