2022-063 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Public Lands to Medium Density Residential - Block 127 Part of Lot 3 LCAD 16081 located in the 800 Block of W. Kaufman Street

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ORDINANCE NO. 2022-063 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS CONSIDERING THE PETITION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM PUBLIC LANDS AND INSTITUTIONS (PLI), TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (MDR) IN THE CITY OF PARIS, BLOCK 127, PART OF LOT 3, CONTAINING 125 FT. OF LCAD 16081+/- 0.84 ACRES (35,380 SF) LOCATED IN THE 800 BLOCK OF W. KAUFMAN STREET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 211.004 of the Texas Local Government Code requires that all zoning regulations must be adopted in accordance with a comprehensive plan and must be designed to lessen congestion in the streets; secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; promote health and the general welfare; provide adequate light and air; prevent the overcrowding of land; avoid undue concentration of population; or facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewers, schools, parks, and other public requirements; and, WHEREAS, Chapter 213, of the Texas Local Government Code empowers municipalities for the purpose of promoting sound development and promoting public health, safety, and welfare to adopt a comprehensive plan for the long range development of said municipalities; and, WHEREAS, Chapter 213 of the Local Government Code empowers a municipality to define the content and design of a comprehensive plan; and, WHEREAS, Chapter 213 of the Local Government Code provides that a comprehensive plan may: 1. Include but is not limited to provisions on land use, transportation, and public facilities; 2. Consist of a single plan or a coordinated set of plans organized by subject and geographic areas; and 3. Be used to coordinate and guide the establishment of development regulations; and, WHEREAS, the adoption of the proposed Comprehensive Plan shall not, in accordance with Section 213.004 of the Local Government Code, limit the ability of the City of Paris to prepare other plans, policies, or strategies related to land use and land use planning as required; and, WHEREAS, in September for 2001, the City Council adopted a City of Paris, Texas Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Plan; and,