18 - Demolition Quarterly ReportItem No. 18
TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council
Grayson Path, City Manager
FROM: Robert Talley, Code Enforcement Supervisor
SUBJECT: DEMOLITION REPORT
DATE: January 8, 2024
BACKGROUND: The removal of substandard and dilapidated structures makes our city safer,
increases property values, adds potential growth for new construction and better land use, and
decreases urban blight. This process is regulated under City Code Article 4.03 as well as Texas
Local Government Code Chapter 54, Subchapters B and C, and Texas Local Government Code
Chapter 214, Subchapter A. This process is overseen by the City of Paris Code Enforcement
Department, working with the Buildings and Standards Commission.
STATUS OF ISSUE: The City of Paris actively demolishes substandard and dilapidated
structures. Each month, a report is provided to the City Council summarizing Code Enforcement
activity, including a list of structures demolished in the previous month. By request of the City
Council, this will be discussed in open session each quarter.
BUDGET: Code Enforcement has a $150,000.00 budget for the demolition of substandard and
dilapidated structures.
RECOMMENDATION: None, presentation only.
Demolition Re port: Oct. 2023 -Dec. 2023
6 structures were presented to the Building and Standards Commission in
Oct. 2023:
1633 E Sherman
2221 E Polk
25 W Neagle
15 W Neagle
1523 NE 11th
737 Cedar
6 structures were presented to the Building and Standards Commission in
Nov. 2023:
2890 Bonham
1364 W Houston
1518 W Housotn
1625 E Houston
125 NE 17th
406 SW 9th
The Building and Standards Commission did not meet in December, 2023.
16 Structures were demolished from October -December, 2023:
1219 E Hearon
336 E Hearon
708 SE 6th
830 NW 281h
1754 Hubbard
731 SE 3rd
1153 Tudor
933 W Herman
536 NW 3"
142 W Plum
250 NW 33rd
441 NW 13"
1225 Graham
739 W Henderson
491 W Sherman
505 W Sherman