98-015 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 97-019 PERMITING REPAIR OF STRUCTURES AT 1317 BONHAMORDINANCE NO. 98-015
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 97-019, PASSED ON THE 14TH
DAY OF APRIL, 1997, PERMITTING TIME FOR REPAIR OF STRUCTURES
OTHERWISE DECLARED DILAPIDATED AT 1317 BONHAM, BEING LOT 1, CITY
BLOCK 128, BELONGING TO CARROLL GENE TAYLOR, MARCIE DAVINE DORITY,
GENORA KATHERINE ALVORD, AND LEONARD TERRELL TAYLOR, THROUGH
THEIR AGENT, CARROLL GENE TAYLOR, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
OF MAY 1, 1998.
WHEREAS, Earl Smith, City Engineer, appeared before the City Council at its Regular
Meeting on the 9th day of April, 1998, and requested that Carroll Gene Taylor, Marcie Davine
Dority, Genora Katherine Alvord, and Leonard Terrell Taylor, through their agent, Carroll Gene
Taylor, be permitted to repair and bring into Code compliance the structure heretofore declared
to be dilapidated at 1317 Bonham, being Lot 1, City Block 128, since the ownership changed
during the time of the dilapidation process, being without notice of the necessity of appearing
before the Ciry Council at its regular meeting on the lOth day of April, 1997, when the ordinance
declaring the structure at said address to be dilapidated and ordering the removal of the same was
authorized; and,
WHEREAS, the current owners of the property requested reconsideration of dilapidation
and request that they be given until August 1, 1998, to accomplish rehabilitation; and,
WHEREAS, the Hazardous Building Inspection Committee did heretofore, on the 20th
day of March, 1998, revisit 1317 Bonham and find that the building thereon can be rehabilitated;
and,
WHEREAS, the prospective purchaser, Carl Harcrow, has reviewed the inspection report
prepared by the Hazardous Building Inspection Committee and states that he wishes to accomplish
the rehabilitation; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Harcrow has a reputation in the community and past successes that
convince the Hazardous Building Inspection Committee that he is capable of performing the work;
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris deems it to be in the best interest of the
City of Paris that its citizens, Carroll Gene Taylor, Marcie Davine Dority, Genora Katherine
Alvord, and Leonard Terrell Taylor, through their agent, Carroll Gene Taylor, be given sixty (60)
days to repair and bring into Code requirements the structure at 1317 Bonham, being Lot 1, City
Block 128; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
Section 1. That 1317 Bonham, being Lot 1 City Block 128, be removed from the list
included in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 97-019 and that it be added to the list that appears in
Section 5 of said Ordinance, with July 1, 1998, listed thereafter.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are expressly
repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective on May 1, 1998.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of April, 1997.
Eric S. Clifford, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPRQVEI) S TO FORM:
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T. K. Haynes, City Attorney