2461 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 7-3 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE N0. 24_
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PRO-
VIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 7-3 OF SAID
CODE; PROVIDING FOR DECORATIVE CANVAS AWNINGS IN FIRE LIr1ITS;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; iREPEALING ALL
IEI DATE E OF I AUGUST L I5T 1979WITH; AND
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PROVIDING FOR
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS:
Section l. That Section 7-3 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be ar,iended so that such
shall read as follows:
"Sec. 7-3. Decorative Canvas Awnings in Fire Limits.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
construct or erect any decorative canvas awning
for any building within the fire limits of the
City, without a permit so to do issued by the
City Engineer.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the owner,
lessee or occupant of any building within the
fire limits of the City to construct, or cause
to be constructed for such building, any
decorative canvas awning which has not been
approved by the Committee of Architetural
Preservation of the Central Business District
of the City of Paris.
(c) The Committee of Architetural Preser-
vation of the Central Business District of the
City of Paris shall consist of seven (7) members
as follows: A member of the Downtown Development
Association; a member of the Visitors and Conven-
tion Council of the Paris and Lamar County Chamber
of Commerce; a practicing architect who is a
member of the A.I.A.(Amercian Institute of
Architects); a member with nursery or landscape
interest; a member of the Lamar County Historical
Commission; and two (2) members who are citizens
of Lamar County.
The members of the said Committee shall be
appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City
Council. The initial board shall consist of
four (4) members appointed for two year terms and
three (3) members appointed for a one year term,
thereafter all appointments shall be for two year
terms.
(d) The width and height of decorative canvas
awnings shall comply with the requirements of per-
manent awnings as the same appears in the current
adopted ed.ition of the National Building Code.
(e) The owner, lessee, occupant, contractor
or any other person constructing a decorative
canvas awning for any building within the fire
limits of the Gity without complying with all of
the provisions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor."
Section 2. 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 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective on
August 15, 1979.
Passed and adopted this 30th day of July, 1979.
.
Michae E. Ma one, Mayor
ATTEST:
i
H. . r ene, City C er
APPROVED AS FORM:
T. K. aynes, City Attorney