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neighborhood. Bennie Battle, 1025 W. Houston Street Paris, Texas, spoke in opposition. Ms. Battle stated she owned the property between Mr. Thompson and this vacant lot. Ms. Battle further stated she hopes the commission will deny this request. Public hearing was declared closed. Motion was made by James O'Brian, seconded by Rick Hundley to deny the petition. Motion carried 5-0. 4. Consideration of and action on the Final Plat of Lot 1, Block A, Christian Fellowship Church Addition, located in the 3300 to 3400 Block of North Main. Carla Easton reviewed the final plat with commissioners. Motion was made by Keith Flowers, seconded by James O'Bryan to approve the final plat with recommendations. Motion carried 5-0. S. Consideration of and action on the Amended Final Plat Lot 1, Block A, AI Stor-N-Go Addition CB 323, located at 2420 FM 79. Carla Easton reviewed the final plat with commissioners. Motion was made by Rick Hundley, seconded by Keith Flowers to approve the final plat. Motion carried 5-0. 6. Discussion Regarding The Potential Restriction of Parking Recreational Vehicles (Including Other "Special Vehicles ", As Defined In The Code Of Ordinances, Ch. 22) of Certain Dimensions Within Residential Areas. Alan Efrussy, Planning Manager stated the history of the most recent discussion from the last Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and City Council meeting. Recently, Mayor Clifford inquired of staff as to how we can address the issue of larger RV's as stored/parked in Paris residential neighborhoods. As a response to these inquiries, the City staff suggested several draft amendments to Chapter 22: "Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Parks" within the Paris Code of Ordinances, which includes regulations for recreational and other special vehicles. These are enclosed as Exhibit A and are shown in red font. To increase citizens' awareness of these issues, in conjunction with obtaining citizen and city official input, staff recommended that this topic first be a discussion item before both the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council. For final approval, any ordinance changes would have to be heard before the commission and council. Staff is also recommending that if approved, the ordinance adopting said requirements would require that the subject special vehicles would not have to be removed until after 180 days from ordinance adoption. Discussion at the August 7, 2017 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The following components were discussed at this meeting: (a) The commission agreed that this