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WHEREAS, the City of Paris adopted a temporary Zoning (Ordinance in 1942, and <br />ordinances amending the Zoning Ordinance were passed by the City Council in 1945, 1957, <br />and 1965; and <br />WHEREAS, additional amendments were added to 'Zoning Ordinance No. 1.710 <br />(April 12, 1965) during 1971 through 1987 and 2012 through 2017; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris staff and officials desire to partially update and amend <br />portions of Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 to aid in the more efficient growth and <br />development of the City of Parise, Texas and to better reflect current and appropriate <br />American zoning practice; and <br />WHEREAS, the sale and rental of trailers are presently permitted in the Central. <br />Area, Light Industrial, and. Heavy Industrial Zoning Districts, but are not allowed in the <br />Commercial Zoning District; and <br />WHEREAS, the trailer sale or rental use is not representative of the land uses or <br />character that would benefit the continued enhancement of the important amenity that is <br />the Paris downtown and thus should be eliminated in the Central Area; and <br />WHEREAS, the sale and rental of trailer use is compatible with many, though not all, <br />areas in the Commercial Zoning District; and <br />WHEREAS, the a change in the Zoning Ordinance to allow the sale and rental of <br />trailers in the Commercial Zoning District only through means of the Specific Use Permit <br />(SHIP) process will accommodate the use in such areas in the Commercial Zoning District <br />where the use is appropriate while safeguarding areas in the Commercial Zoning District in <br />which the use is not appropriate; and <br />WHEREAS, trailer sales and rental should still remain as a permitted use within the <br />Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial 'Zones; and <br />