22 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential Springlake Addition

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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE CITY OF PARIS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SPRINGLAKE ADDITION, PARTS OF LOTS 1, 2, AND 3 AND ALL OF LOTS 4, 5, AND 6, COMPRISING APPROXIMATELY 11.1 ACRES IN THE CITY OF PARIS, FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (LDR) TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (MDR); MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELEATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING 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 Map; and,