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repair, removal, or demolition of a building that is dilapidated, substandard, or unfit for human habitation and a hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare; and, WHEREAS, Subchapter A of Chapter 214 of the Local Government Code, Section 214.001 (m) and (n) authorizes a municipality to vacate, secure, repair, remove, or demolish a building at its own expense, to assess the expenses of such action against the owner of the property, and to place a lien on the property on which the building was located; and, WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt this ordinance to require the owner or the lienholder of property to furnish written proof to a City of Paris Code Inspector of the proper and legal disposal at a landfill of all materials from a substandard, dangerous, or hazardous building or structure, and to require a property owner to furnish written proof to the City of Paris Community Development Department of proper and legal disposal at a landfill of all materials from a building or structure for which the City of Paris Community Development Department issues a permit to NOW demolish a building or structure, and to make the violation of this ordinance a misdemeanor; 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. Section 2. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding a new section 7-58 to Article III of Chapter 7 to read as follows: Sec. 7-58. Duty to furnish proof of proper and legal disposal to Code Inspector. " "A property owner or a lienholder of property shall, furnish written proof to a City of Paris Code Inspector of the proper and legal disposal at a landfill of all materials from a substandard, dangerous, or hazardous building or structure demolished pursuant to this article. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $2,000.00, and each and every day's continuance of any violation of this section shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense." Section 3. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding a new section 7-28 to Article II of Chapter 7 to read as follows: Sec. 7-28. Duty to furnish proof of proper and legal disposal to Department of " Community Development. "A property owner, shall, pursuant to obtaining a permit to demolish a building or structure issued by the City of Paris Community Development Department under this article, furnish to the Department of Community Development written proof of the