19 - Amending the zoning map for Suburban Estates Addition and Cope Street north of Pine Mill Road from an Agricultural District to a One-Family Dwelling District No. 2

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Item No. 19 TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map for the Suburban Estates Addition and Cope Street north of Pine Mill Road from Agricultural (A) to One -Family Dwelling District No. 2 (SF -2) DATE: July 26, 2021 BACKGROUND & DISCUSSION An Ordinance providing for the extension of certain boundary limits of the City of Paris and the annexation of certain territory consisting of 5,389.031 acres was adopted in December 1997 (Ord. No. 97-059). All territory hereafter annexed is temporarily classified as an Agricultural District. The procedure for establishing permanent zoning on annexed territory was not completed when the Suburban Estates Addition and Cope Street north of Pine Mill Rd. was developed with single- family homes. Following the Planning & Zoning Commission's discussion at the 6/16/21 work session, the Commission initiated a map amendment to establish permanent zoning for this area. The public hearing was held on July 6, 2021 by the Commission and unanimously recommended approval of a change to the zoning map to the City Council. ANALYSIS The subject area is zoned Agricultural, under the Future Land Use Map this area is guided for Low Density Residential. The current land uses are primarily single-family homes with the exception of the Pecan Place Addition to the southwest, which is, zoned Multiple -Family for existing quadraplexes. In addition, there was a zoning change in 2019 to 2F for a duplex at the corner of Pine Mill and Mockingbird. This zoning change will not affect those existing uses. The land area to the North and South is zoned Agricultural and will be reviewed at a future date for amendment. PUBLIC INPUT Two input forms were received in opposition of this zoning change. Staff believes these were largely a result of a misunderstanding by the land owners as to the intent of these map amendment changes as initiated by the Planning & Zoning Commission. A number of calls were also received by staff and after a simple explanation on the intent of the changes, their concerns were alleviated. No objections were voiced at the public hearing before the Commission.