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D RAFT F:ALICE\ORDWORIC\CURRENT\06-09-08 Zoning Ords June 4, 2008 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING Z0111ING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO REZONE A 6.5 ACRE TRACT BEING A PART OF THE ENOCH CROW SURVEY ABSTRACT NO. 208 LOCATED IN THE 4000 BLOCK OF LAMAR AVENUE, CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A) TO A MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO. 2(MF-2) DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission received a request for an amendment to the zoning ordinance of the City of Paris; to rezone 6.5 ACRE TRACT BEING A PART OF THE ENOCH CROW SURVEY ABSTRACT N0. 208 from an AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A) to a MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT N0. 2(MF-2); and, WHEREAS, on June 2, 2008, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on said proposed amendment to the City zoning ordinance and, and, following said hearing, made formal recommendation to the City Council to deny said proposed zoning change; and, WHEREAS, a written protest against the proposed rezoning of this property has been received from in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the owners of the property within 200 feet of the boundary lines of the proposed tract to be rezoned, thereby requiring a three-quarter (3/4) majority vote of the City Council to approve the rezoning of the property; and, WHEREAS, on June 9, 2008, the City Council of the City of Paris conducted a public hearing on the aforesaid proposed amendment to the City zoning ordinance, and having considered the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the testimony and evidence introduced at said public hearing, found and determined that approving the aforesaid zoning change would be consistent with the comprehensive plan of the City of Paris, consistent with the City zoning ordinance, and in the best interests and to the benefit of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris. and approved the rezoning of the property from Agricultural District (A) to Multiple Family Dwelling District No. 2(MF-2) by a vote of 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 things approved. Section 2. That the Official Zoning Map of the City of Paris, Texas and Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Paris as heretofore amended is hereby further amended to rezone a 6.5 ACRE TRACT BEING A PART OF THE ENOCH CROW SURVEY ABSTRACT N0. 208, City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, from AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A) to MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT N0. w 0U0UJ.J