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WHEREAS, Chapter 211 Texas Local Government Code, Section 211.005 authorizes the
<br />governing body of a municipality to divide the municipality into districts, within which the governing
<br />body may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings,
<br />other structures, or land and within which zoning regulations must be uniform for each class or kind
<br />of building in a district although zoning regulations may vary from district to district; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, in conjunction with other
<br />governmental entities, private groups, and private individuals, has supported and participated in a
<br />community-wide beautification program intended to remove junk, litter, and other unsightly materials,
<br />generally improve blighted areas of the City, regulate and where appropriate remove substandard
<br />buildings and structures, protect and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and generally
<br />improve the overall appearance of the community; and,
<br />WHEREAS, in pursuit of such goals, the City Council desires to protect the public health
<br />and safety at the same time protecting the rights of individual property owners; and,
<br />WHEREAS, in furtherance of these goals, the City Council has adopted Article III to
<br />Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, entitled "Hazardous Buildings" for the
<br />purpose of regulating substandard structures and buildings within the City; and,
<br />WHEREAS, in the process ofthe adoption of said Article, City Council directed the inclusion
<br />of Section 7-50 thereto, dealing with the preservation of substandard buildings as historic property;
<br />and,
<br />WHEREAS, in order to implement fully said Section 7-50, and to otherwise provide for the
<br />preservation of significant historical landmarks and properties within the City, the City Council
<br />authorized application on behalf of the city for a designation as a Certified Local Government by the
<br />Texas State Historical Preservation Office as provided by 16 U.S.C.A. Section 470 et seq; and,
<br />WHEREAS, as part ofthe aforesaid certification process, the City must adopt an appropriate
<br />historic preservation ordinance establishing among other things a historic preservation commission
<br />empowered to undertake certain actions and exercise certain responsibility related to the preservation
<br />of historical landmarks and structures within the City; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt the aforesaid Historic Preservation Ordinance
<br />and create said commission, and implement the necessary procedures and processes in furtherance
<br />of preservation of historical landmarks and structures within the City; NOW, THEREFORE,
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