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(3) The City shall conduct a hearing before the building and standards commission at which the owner may testify or present witnesses or written information about any matter relating to the City's securing of the building if, witiiirt 30 calendar daysafter the date the City secures the building, the owner files with the City Clerk a written request for the hearing. The City shall conduct a hearing wilhin 20 cralendar days after the date the request is filed. (4) The City has the same authority to assess expenses under this section as it has to assess expenses under section 7-50 herein. A lien in the amount of such expenses is created under this section in the same manner that a lien is created under section 7-50 and is subject to the same conditions as a lien created under said section. Sections 7-57 through 7-80 reserved." Section 4. That there is hereby adopted to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, a new Article IV to Chapter 7, Sections 7-81 through 7-89, entitled "Secured Building Permit," to read as follows: "ARTICLE IV. SECURED BUILDING PERMIT Section 7-81. Secured building permit created. A property owner may, upon proper application and satisfaction of all requirements ofthis article, obtain a secured building permit for any qualified building within the city limits of the city of Paris, Texas. The issuance of a permit as authorized herein is a privilege and not a matter of right. Section 7-82. Application; criteria for issuance. Application for a secured building permit shall be made to the office of the chief building official of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, on forms as the building official shall require. To qualify far the issuance of a secured building permit, the owner and the property proposed for permitting shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) The building shall be structurally sound, including sound structural supports and support members and a structurally sound roof such that the property is not in danger of collapse, does not experience deterioration from the weather or the elements, and does not constitute an immediate or long-term threat or menace to health or safety. The building official, or on proper appeal, the building and standards commission of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, shall determine the Page 18 of 24