2536 ORD PROVIDING FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL REVIEW PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF DEMOLITION PERMITS
ORDINANCE NO. 2536
A N ORDINA NCE OF THE CITY OF PA R IS, PA R IS, TEXA S,
PROVIDING FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL REVIEW
PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF DEMOLITION PERMITS; PROVID-
ING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200. 00; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
DECEMBER 1, 1980.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARIS:
Section l. That the Director of Community Development,
upon the receipt of a request for demolition permit, shall refer
the same to the Historic Landmark Preservation Committee,
which shall within three (3) days render a decision as to whether
the demolition permit should be immediately issued or should be
delayed for up to ninety (90) days, for the purpose of researching
the historic and architectural significance of the building and
property the subject of the demolition permit request.
Section 2. H.istoric Landmark Preservation Committee
Created.
(a) There is hereby created a committee to be known as the
Historic Landmark Preservation Committee of the City of Paris,
which committee shall be composed of fifteen (15) members ap-
pointed by the City Council. The membership of the committee
shall include: One (1) Architect; One (1) Historian; One (1)
member of a board of directors of a local financial institution;
One (1) person with nursery or landscape interest; One (1)
member from the Visitors and Convention Council of the Chamber
of Commerce of Lamar County; One (1) Realtor; One (1) member
of the Lamar County Bar Association; One (1) member from the
Industrial Development Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
of Lamar County; One (1) member from the Lamar County
Historical Commission; One (1) member from the Lamar County
Genealogy Society; Director of Aikin Archives; One (1) member
from Lamar County Historical Society; and three (3) at large
members.
The original committee shall consist of eight (8) members
appointed for one (1) year and seven (7) members appointed for
two (2) years; thereafter all members shall be appointed for two
year terms. All terms expire on June 30, and the members
shall serve without compensation.
(b) The committee shall meet upon call by the committee
chairman or upon petition of simple majority of the committee
members. Eight (8) members shall constitute a quorum, and
issues shall be decided by a simple majority vote of the members
present. The minutes of each meeting shall be filed in the Office
of the City Clerk. In addition to the fifteen (15) members ap-
pointed by the City Council, the following shall be ex-officio
members: City Attorney, Director of Community Development,
Director of Parks and Recreation, Planning and Zoning Commission
and Parks and Recreation Board. None of the ex-officio members
shall have voting power, but shall assist the committee in its
various functions.
Section 3. In the event a member of the committee misses
three (3) consecutive meetings of the committee, his position shall
be declared vacant and a successor shall be appointed at the next
regular City Council Meeting.
Section 4. The decision to postpone the issuance of a demo-
lition permit may be appealed to the City Council of the City of Paris
by filing with the City Manager of the City of Paris a request for
review of such decision. The City Council will act upon such matter
no later than its next regular scheduled meeting.
Section S. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a Class "C" Misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $200. 00.
Section 6. A 11 ord.inances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective on
December 1, 1980.
Passed and adopted this lOth day of November, 1980.
Michael E. Malone, Mayor
ATTEST:
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H. C. Gr ene, City Clerk
APPROVED AS O FORM:
T. , aynes, ity Attorney