03-A Amend Mobile Home Allowances

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DRAFT fattomey\ordwork\current\ Zoning Ord - Amend Mobile Home Allowances November 7, 2006 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1710 BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTIONS 8-101 AND 12-100 OF SAID ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR THE PERMITTED USE OF A MOBILE HOME IN ALL ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS WITH A SPECIFIC-USE PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR THE EXPIRATION OF SPECIFIC-USE PERMITS FOR MOBILE HOMES; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 currently provides that a specific-use permit for a Mobile Home (39) can only be granted in a One-Family Dwelling District No.3 (SF-3), with permits for single-wide mobile homes expiring at the end of five (5) years; and, WHEREAS, although there are areas throughout the city with other zoning classifications in which a mobile home might be an appropriate use, in order for a mobile home to be placed in such areas, the underlying zoning must be changed permanently, despite the fact that the specific-use permit will expire; and, WHEREAS, changing the underlying zoning in order to grant a permit which will expire after a certain period could adversely affect the area surrounding the property upon which a specific-use permit has been granted if the characteristics of the area have changed substantially over time so that a residential use is no longer appropriate; and, WHEREAS, in order to allow specific-use permits for mobile homes without requiring a change in the underlying zoning, it is appropriate that Section 8-101 of Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 be amended to provide for the placement of a mobile home in any zoning classification with the granting of a specific-use permit by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council; and, WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission is currently in the process of revising the Comprehensive Land Use Map as well as developing a new ordinance to regulate mobile homes, and it is appropriate that, during this period, specific-use permits for mobile homes, single- and double-wide alike, expire at the end of five (5) years; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Ordinance No. 1710 ofthe City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended by revising Section 8-101 of said ordinance by providing for the permitted use of a Mobile Home (39) in all zoning classifications with a specific-use permit. r"