2026-021 - Amending Zoning Ordinance No. 1710, Section 17-100, “Creation of Building Site,” of the Code of Ordinances to provide a limited residential addition exception

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Section 2. That City of Paris Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 Section 17-100, "Creation of Building Site, is shall be hereby amended hereby as follows: "§17-100 Creation of Building Site. "No permit for the construction of a building, eF buildings or additions upon any tract or plot shall be issued until a building site, building tract, or building lot has been created by compliance with one of the following conditions: "a. The lot or tract is part of a plat of record, properly approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, and filed in the Plat Records of Lamar County, Texas. "b. The site, plot, or tract is all or part of a site plan officially approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, which site plan provides all utility and drainage easements, alleys, streets, and other public improvements necessary to meet the normal requirements for platting, including the designation of building areas, and such easements, alleys, and streets have been acquired and properly dedicated and the necessary public improvements provided, and otherwise addresses all requirements of the City of Paris Subdivision Regulations, as applicable, and as from time to time shall be amended. "c. The plot, tract, or lot faces upon a dedicated street and was separately owned prior to the effective date of this ordinance or prior to annexation to the City of Paris, whichever is applicable, in which event a building permit for only one main building may be issued on each such original separately owned parcel without first complying with subsection either17 1 1 a. or b. "d. Limited Residential Addition Excer)tion. "Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) above, a building permit may be issued for an addition to an existing owner -occupied single-family detached dwelling when all of the following conditions are met: 1. The proposed work does not involve the division or subdivision of land; 2. No lot boundary_ is beinq altered, relocated, eliminated, or created; 3. No dedication of public right-of-way is required; 4. No new public easement is required and no existing public easement is being relocated; 5. The addition does not create a second dwelling unit or increase residential density; 6. The gross floor area of the proposed addition does not exceed thirtV- five percent (35%) of the gross floor area of the principal structure as lawfully existing at the time of application; 7. The property has legal access to a dedicated public street; 8. The lot remains in compliance with all applicable zoning, drainage, floodplain, and building regulations.