1487 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1215 PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL OF COP ON 24TH DAY OF APRIL 1950ORDINANGE NO. 1487 ,
AN ORDINAIVCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1215 PASSED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL,
1950, WHICH ORDINANCE ADOFTS THE 1949 El?ITION OF THE NATIONAL
BUILDING CODE OF THE NA TIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS,
PROVII?ING FOR THE OBTAINING OF PERMITS FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION,
ALTERATION, DEMOLITION, REMOVAL, OR SUBSTANTIAL REPAIR. OF A
BUILI?ING, WHICH AMENDS SECTION 1 AND SECTION 3 OF THE NATIONAL
BUILDING COI?E, 1949 EDITION, ANI? PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS ON
BUILI?ING, AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO
HUNDREI? ($200.00) DOLLA,RS FOR EACH DAY'S VIOLATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNGIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Ordinance No, 1215 be, and the same is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following:
(a) It sha.ll be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to commence
the construction, alteration, remova.l, demolishment, or substantial
repair of a building, without first obta.ining a permit from the City
of Paris for such act or acts,
(b) That each person, firm, or corporation sha.ll apply to the I?irector
of Public Works for a permit to construct, alter, remove, demolish,
or substa.ntially repair a building or structure, on a form prescribed
by the I?epartment of Public Works of the City of Paris, and such
application sha.ll be accompa.nied by plans and specifieations of the
construction, alteration, removal, demolition, or substanti.a.l repair
proposed by the applicant, and said specifications sha.ll contain the
kind of work to be done, the area of the lot, the location of the
building or structure upon the lot, and the number of square feet
of construction in the proposed work.
(c) That any person, firm, or corporation beginning the constructio4
alteration, removal, demolition, or substa.ntia,l repair of any
building or structure, without ha.ving made said application and
obta.ining said permit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction therefor shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Two
Hundred ($200. 00) Dollars, and each and every day's continuance
of any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute and
be deemed a separate offenseo
Section 2. That Ordina.nce No. 1215 is hereby further arnended as
follows:
(a) Tha.t no person, firm, or corporation shall erect a residence or
building upon any lot in a residentia.l area and outside the Fire
Limits of the City of Paris, closer than five (5) feet to the side
property line, except a separate garage located at the rear of
the dwelling on said lot, which may be constructed three (3) feet
from the side property line. That in the event the building, if
constructed within three (3) feet of the side property line there
would still exist ten (10) feet between the building being con-
structed and the adjoining building, then the dwelling ma.y be
constructed within three (3) feet of the property line. It is pro••
vided tha.t the above building line regulations shall not affect any
builcfing lines required in Zoning Ordinance No. 1409 on property
that has been zoned under said Zoning Ordinance No. 1409.
(b) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the above section sha.ll
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding Two Hundred ($200. 00) Dolla.rs, and
each and every day's continuance of any violation of the provisions
of this section shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
Section 3. The above amendments shall ta.ke effect on Monda.y,
September 28, 1959.
Pa.ssed and adopted this 14th day of September, A. D,, 1959.
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Gity Clerk
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A PPR.O VEP AS TO FORM:
City Attorn y.