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ORDINANCE NO. 88-10-4135
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING A 90 DAY MORATORIUM ON
DEMOLITION OF ANY STRUCTURES LOCATED IN AN H-1, H-2, B-2 OR
B -2T ZONE, OR THE DEMOLITION OF ANY BUILDINGS, ANY PORTIONS
OF WHICH WERE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 1940, AT ANY LOCATION
WITHIN THE CITY OF PADUCAH
WHEREAS, the Kentucky Design Assistance Team
performed an in-depth study of the City of Paducah,
including the impact of demolition of buildings on the
revitalization of the City of Paducah; and
WHEREAS, additional time is needed to evaluate the
report of the Kentucky Design Assistance Team; and
WHEREAS, additional time is needed to develop
programs for the preservation of potentially historical
structures in the Historical Zone, the Downtown Business
District, and elsewhere in the City of Paducah; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners finds that
demolition of potentially historical buildings is taking
place daily, and an emergency exists to halt temporarily
demolitions of the significant buildings while the Board of
Commissioners looks at viable alternatives.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. A 90 day moratorium is declared on the
demolition of any structures located in an H-1, H-2, B-2 or
B -2T Zone, or the demolition of any buildings, any portions
of which were constructed prior to 1940, at any location
within the City of Paducah.
SECTION 2. All permits for demolition of
buildings as set out in Section 1 above are hereby suspended
for a period of 90 days unless the permit holder is in the
active process of demolition. The Building Inspector shall
notify any holder of a demolition permit issued prior to
October 11, 1988, who is not in the active process of
demolition on October 11, 1988, that the demolition permit
is suspended for a period of 90 days.
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SECTION 3. In order to implement this moratorium
before further loss of buildings occurs, an emergency is
hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be
effective upon one reading by summary and prior to
publication.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be published in
summary.
GERRY B. MONTGOMERY
Mayor
Introduced and adopted by the Board of Commissioners
October 11, 1988
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, October 11, 1988
Published by The Paducah Sun October 18, 1988.
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