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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />F:A TTORNEY\ORDWORK\CURRENT\Lewis - Releasing Extraterritorial Jurisdiction - Ord 2006 <br />February 8, 2006 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 7 OF THE CITY CHARTER <br />AND SECTION 42.023 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, <br />RELEASING A PORTION OF THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THE SAME BEING <br />A 6.678 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER <br />OF HIGHWAY 82 EAST AND MANSFIELD ROAD, FORMING A PORTION <br />OF THE CURRENT OUTER BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY LIMITS OF <br />THE CITY OF PARIS, IN RESPONSE TO A PETITION FOR SUCH <br />RELEASE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FILED BY DONALD <br />A. LEWIS, JR., MICHAEL LEWIS, RANDALL S. LEWIS, AND DEREK <br />LEWIS, PROPERTY OWNERS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND <br />PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 42.023 of the Texas Local Government Code authorizes the reduction <br />of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Paris by formal action of its governing body, subject <br />to the laws of this state; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Donald A. Lewis, Jr., Michael Lewis, Randall S. Lewis, and Derek Lewis, <br />property owners, have petitioned the City of Paris to reduce its extraterritorial jurisdiction by <br />releasing property owned by the Lewis family; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the aforesaid release of the extraterritorial jurisdiction is to <br />accompany formal disannexation of the same property by the City of Paris, to enable the Lewis <br />family to obtain sewer service from the City of Reno, Texas, by formal annexation to the City of <br />Reno; NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things <br />approved. <br /> <br />Section 2. That the City Council does hereby in all things grant and approve a petition <br />seeking relinquishment of extraterritorial jurisdiction, a copy of which is attached hereto and for all <br />purposes incorporated herein as Exhibit A, filed by Donald A. Lewis, Jr. , Michael Lewis, Randall <br />S. Lewis, and Derek Lewis, who are at the same time seeking the disannexation of certain property <br />owned by the Lewis family, as such property for which relinquishment of extraterritorial jurisdiction <br />is sought is described in Exhibit B attached hereto and for all purposes incorporated herein. <br /> <br />- -r <br />