2007-059-ORD-180 day Moratorium on the issuance of permits under the City Code or Ordinance

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WHEREAS, state law allows cities to prohibit the placement of any new mobile homes inside their city limits, but it requires municipalities in Texas to provide at least one zoning district in their city which allows HUD-code manufactured homes to be located. The City of Paris currently has few regulations related to mobile homes. A zoning change with a specific use permit is all that is required, and they are currently located throughout the city. There are no provisions in the City Zoning Ordinance regulating manufactured housing, so such housing is currently permitted in any area of the City; and, WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has been working toward revising the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the City of Paris, and in connection with this effort, they will be studying and making recommendations for the proper zoning for manufactured housing in the City of Paris. The Commission will also be reviewing, discussing and recommending changes to the City Zoning Ordinance for regulation of mobile homes and HUD-code manufactured homes; and WHEREAS, in order to provide the Commission ample time to commence and complete this process, the City Council is being asked to adopt a one hundred eighty (180) day moratorium on permitting mobile homes and/or HUD-code manufactured homes inside the corporate city limits of the City of Paris; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that in order to protect the status quo and to prevent the hurried and haphazard construction of mobile homes and HUD-code manufactured homes throughout the city without thoughtful and proper regulation, it is necessary to enact this 180-day moratorium on the issuance of permits or specific use permits for mobile homes and HUD-code manufactured homes to be located in the corporate city limits of the City of Paris, Texas. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all thingsapproved. Section 2. That for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days from and after the effective date of this ordinance, no application for a permit under the City Code of Ordinances or International Building Code, nor application for a specific use permit under the City Zoning Ordinance, shall be accepted for the placement of a mobile home or HUD-code manufactured home upon any property located within the corporate city limits of the City of Paris, Texas. Section 3. That during the term of this moratorium, City staff is hereby directed not to accept any applications for permits for a mobile home or HUD-code manufactured home, under the City Code of Ordinances or International Building Code; or application for a specific use permit under the City Zoning Ordinance on any property located in the corporate city limits of the City of Paris, Texas; any documents received purporting to apply for such a permit shall be returned to the applicant along with a copy of this ordinance and any application for a permit