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ORDINANCE NO. 2014 -002 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING AND REPLACING CHAPTER 28, SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS, OF <br />THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING <br />RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ON PREMISES SIGNS, OFF <br />PREMISES SIGNS, BILLBOARDS, ELECTRONIC SIGNS, TEMPORARY SIGNS <br />AND BANNERS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED <br />TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY <br />CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE <br />WHEREAS, on February 11, 2013, the City Council of the City of Paris created a sign <br />review committee composed of representatives from local sign contractors, City Council and <br />City staff to review all city sign regulations and propose revisions to the sign ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, on January 13, 2014, following eleven months of meetings, work <br />sessions, drafts and redrafts of the new City Sign Ordinance, the members of the sign <br />committee presented its findings to the City Council along with a new sign and billboard <br />ordinance for the City of Paris, Texas; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council directed that the proposed sign regulations be posted on <br />the City website for review and comment by local businesses, sign contractors and citizens; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council having reviewed the recommendations and proposed <br />regulations from the sign committee hereby finds and determines that the new regulations <br />and procedures proposed for Chapter 28, Signs and Billboards of the Code of Ordinances of <br />the City of Paris, Texas are in the best interest of the City of Paris, Texas and its citizens and <br />should be adopted. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. That Chapter 28 Signs and Billboards, of the City of Paris, Texas Code of <br />Ordinances be, and the same is hereby, amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />Page 1 of 31 <br />