2023-029 - Establishing a Historic Overlay District Comprising the Pine Bluff and Fitzhugh Neighborhood to be named Historic Overlay District 19

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ORDINANCE NO. 2023-029 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT COMPRISING THE PINE BLUFF AND FITZHUGH NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE NAMED HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT NO. 19 (HD -19) AND ENCOMPASSING 21 ACRES INCLUDING THE 500-900 BLOCKS OF PINE BLUFF STREET, THE 300-600 BLOCKS OF FITZHUGH AVENUE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE 600-700 BLOCKS OF EAST CHERRY STREET, THE EAST SIDE OF THE 300 BLOCK OF 6TH NE, THE 300 BLOCK OF 8TH STREET NE, AND THE ADDRESSES 803, 925, AND 936 EAST BOOTH STREET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELEATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, has received a request from the Paris Historic Preservation Commission for an amendment to the zoning ordinance of the City of Paris to establish a Historic Overlay District (HD) comprising the Pine Bluff and Fitzhugh neighborhood and encompassing 21 acres to include the 500-900 Blocks of Pine Bluff Street, the 300-600 Blocks of Fitzhugh Avenue, the South side of the 600-700 Blocks of East Cherry Street, the east side of the 300 Block of 6th NE, the 300 Block of 8th Street NE, and the addresses 803, 925, and 936 East Booth Street in the City of Paris, Texas; and WHEREAS, this Historic Overlay District will have the same boundaries as the national designation of the neighborhood by the National Register of Historic Places; and WHEREAS, the creation of the Historic Overlay District, to be designated as Historic Overlay District No. 19 (HD -19), will make the properties in the district eligible for the same city fagade grants and architectural reviews by the Historic Preservation Commission to preserve the historic character of the neighborhood as are available in other Historic Overlay Districts in the city; and WHEREAS, on May 11, 2022, the Historic Preservation Commission reviewed the request, and, after notice to the property owners within the proposed district and a public hearing thereon, recommended that the Historic Overlay District on this property be approved in accordance with the city zoning ordinance and state law; and WHEREAS, on June 6, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on said proposed amendment after notice and publication as required by law, and, following said hearing, made formal recommendation to the City Council in favor of said proposed Historic Overlay District No. 19; and