2018-038 Amend Zoning to Create a Four Familiy Zoning District and revise definitions related to Tattooing and Permenent Cosmetics

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ORDINANCE NO. 2018-038 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 3-100, "ZONING AND ZONING DISTRICTS," 8, "USE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS," AND 22-100, "GENERAL DEFINITIONS," TO CREATE A NEW ZONING DISTRICT, "1~OUR-FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT (417)" AND TO REVISE DEFINITIONS RELATED TO TATTOOING AND PERMANENT COSMETICS; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris adopted a temporary Zoning Ordinance in 1942, and ordinances amending the Zoning Ordinance were passed by the City Council in 1945, 1957, and 1965; and WHEREAS, additional amendments were added to Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 (April 12, 1965) during 1971 through 1987 and 2012 and in 2016 and in 2017; WHEREAS, the City of Paris staff and officials desire to partially update and amend portions of Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 to aid in the more efficient growth and development of the City of Paris, Texas; and WHEREAS, presently the City of Paris Zoning Ordinance does not take into account the increasingly common use of three-family dwelling units (triplexes) and four -family dwelling units (quadplexes), allowing said uses only in multi -family districts; and WHEREAS, it is desirous to be able to allow triplexes and quadplexes in areas which would not be suitable for five -family and greater dwelling units; and WHEREAS, new methods of applying cosmetics have developed in recent years, namely the application of permanent cosmetics by means of tattooing; and WHERAS, permanent cosmetics services differ from traditional tattooing services such that it is inappropriate to treat the two types of services the same for purposes of zoning; and WHEREAS, in order to better reflect current usage and technology, it is necessary to amend the definitions of "Tattooing" and "Tattoo Parlor/Body-Piercing Studio" to exclude permanent cosmetics services from those definitions; and WHEREAS, on November 5, 2018, pursuant to Sec. 8-109, "Classification of New and Unlisted Uses," the Paris Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing, following 1