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Person. Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind. Special interest vehicle. A motor vehicle of any age that has not been changed from original manufacturer's specifications and, because of its historic interest, is being preserved by a hobbyist. (Ord. No. 2000 -58, § 3,11-13-00; Ord. No. 2001 -59, § 2, 9- 10 -01; Ord. No. 2007 -043, § 2, 10- 22-07; Ord. No. 2015 -010, § 2, 4- 13 -15) Sec. 19 -17. - Junked vehicle declared to be a public nuisance. A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, that is visible from a public place or public right-of-way: (1) Is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the public; (2) Tends to reduce the value of private property; (3) Invites vandalism; (4) Creates a fire hazard; (5) Is an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors; (6) Produces urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of municipalities; and (7) Is a public nuisance. (Ord. No. 2000 -058, § 3, 11- 13 -00) Sec. 19 -18. - Offense; actions of municipal court. (a) A person commits an offense if the person maintains a public nuisance as described by section 19- 17 of this section, or fails to comply with an order following public hearing as provided in section 19- 21 herein. (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor, subject to prosecution in the Municipal Court of Paris, Texas, and is punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00). (c) The municipal court shall have the authority to have a person convicted of the offense described in subsection (a) herein to abate and remove the nuisance, or to issue any other orders necessary to enforce the provisions of this article. (Ord. No. 2000 -058, § 3, 11- 13 -00) Sec. 19 -19. - Authority to enforce. The chief of police, his agent, any city police officer, or the code inspectors of the City may enter upon private property for the purposes specified in this article to examine vehicles or parts thereof, obtain information as to the identity of vehicles, and to remove or cause the removal of a vehicle or parts thereof declared to be a nuisance pursuant to this article. (Ord. No. 2000 -058, § 3, 11- 13 -00; Ord. No. 2002 -028, § 3, 5- 13 -02) Sec. 19 -20. - Notice. Page 2