88-049 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORD BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 16-1 OF SAID CODE—� —.
ORDINANCE N0. �8-049
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS,
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE
AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 16-1 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING
FOR THE REGULATION OF DONATION RECEPTACLE USE AND
PROHIBITING PILFERING OF THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER l, 1988.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS:
Section l. That Section 16-1 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so
that such shall read as follows:
"Sec. 16-1. Littering prohibited.
(a) . . .
(b) . . .
(c) When property is deposited in or near a
donation receptacle on private, semi-public or
public property, the donation becomes the property
of the agency whose receptacle it is in or near.
Any person pilfering through a donation
receptacle or property deposited near a donation
receptacle is presumed to be doing so f_or the
purpose of attempting to convert such to their own
use.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
scatter, dump, pile, leave or lay any I.itter upon
any public street, public street right-of-way,
sidewalk, other public property, or upon any
premises belonging to another person."
Section 2. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
Misdemeanor, and u on conviction shall be fined in any sum
not to exceed �2,000.00, and each and every day's
continuance of any violation of the at�ove enumerated section
shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
Section 3. Al1 ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective on
December 1, 1988,
Passed and adopted this 14th day of November, 1988.
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Eric S. Cli , Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie unningham, City Cler
APP VE S 0 FORM:
. K, y es, ity Attorney