2005-053 ORD PROVIDING ORDINANCE NO 1710 BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 8-201(16) OF SAID ORDINANCE TO AMEND DEFINITION OF "HOME OCCUPATION"

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ORDINANCE NO. 2005-053 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1710,THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 8-201(16) OF SAID ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "HOME OCCUPATION"; ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 8-500 TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PERMISSIBLE AND IMPERMISSIBLE HOME OCCUPATIONS AND PROVIDING FORA PERMIT TO OPERATE A HOME OCCUPATION; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, in order to provide residents the option to use their residences for certain home occupations without altering the residential character of the neighborhood, it is appropriate that the City Council amend Zoning Ordinance No. I 7 I 0 to establish criteria and development standards for home occupations conducted in dwelling units; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Section 8-201(16), "Home Occupations," of Ordinance No. 1710, Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows: "8-201. The following definitions and explanatory notes supplement, restrict, and define the meaning and intent of the use regulations as set forth in the Use Schedule and Provisions 8- 10 I through 8- 109 inclusive. 16. Home Occupations-A home occupation is an occupation conducted as an accessory use in or from a residential dwelling or its accessory building by persons whose principal residence is on the premises, and which use has no more affect on adjacent property than normal residential use. Home occupations include those uses as permitted and regulated in Section 8-500 hereof. "