2008-027-ORD-AMENDING SECTION 10 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS OF ORDINACE NO 1710

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ORDINANCE NO. 2008 -027 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 10, OFF- STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGUATIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 1710, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING NEW REGULATIONS FOR REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, PARKING SPACE SIZE, PARKING AISLE DIMENSIONS, ALLOWABLE PARKING SURFACES AND PARKING SURFACE MAINTENANCE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, in August, 2007, the City Council of the City of Paris created the Code Enforcement Task Force to review and study proposed ordinances and regulations of the City of Paris addressing health, safety and beautification issues within the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the City Council directed the Code Enforcement Task Force to study and consider proposed amendments to the Off- Street Parking and Loading Regulation Ordinance including regulations applicable to minimum required parking spaces, parking space size, parking aisle dimensions, allowable parking surfaces and parking surface maintenance. The Task Force has completed its review of the City's parking regulations and has recommended numerous revisions thereto. WHEREAS, the City Council having reviewed the recommendations of the Code Enforcement Task Force for amending Section 10, Off- Street Parking and Loading Regulations, of Ordinance No. 1710, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris hereby finds and determines that the changes recommended below are in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens and should be adopted. 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 Section 10 of Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Paris, Texas, the Zoning Ordinance, be, and the same is hereby, amended to'read in its entirety as follows: "Section 10. Off - Street Parking and Loading Regulations Sec. 10 -100. Purpose of section. The purpose of this article is to require off - street parking and loading facilities in proportion to the parking demand for each use in order to ensure Page 1 of 17