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ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -039 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />AMENDING SECTION 3- 3(B)(2) OF CHAPTER 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF <br />THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS TO EXTEND THE ZONE <br />PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN 1000 FEET <br />OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND <br />PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER <br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY <br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, on May 26, 2009 the City Council of the City of Paris enacted Ordinance <br />No. 2009 -019, amending Chapter 3, Alcoholic Beverages of the City Code of Ordinances to <br />prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of any church, public or private <br />school, public hospital, daycare center or child -care facility; and <br />WHEREAS, on September 16, 2013, the Paris Independent School District Board of <br />Trustees approved a resolution petitioning the City Council to increase the zone banning the <br />sale of alcoholic beverages from 300 feet to 1,000 feet from any Paris Independent School <br />District Public School building; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Paris and <br />its citizens to amend Sec. 3- 3(b)(2) of Chapter 3 of the City Code of Ordinances to extend the <br />zone prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages from 300 feet to 1000 feet from a public or <br />private school. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: <br />Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. That Section 3- 3(b)(2), Chapter 3, of the City of Paris, Texas, be and the <br />same is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />"Sec. 3 -3 (b) <br />. . <br />(2) One Thousand (1,000) feet of a public or private school if the City Council <br />receives a request from the governing body of the public or private school. <br />1 <br />