2003-023-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ESTABLISHING HISTORICAL OVERLAY DISTRICT

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Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the boundaries heretofore established by the Zoning Map and Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, changed, and that a HISTORICAL OVERLAY DISTRICT be, and the same is hereby, established on a substantial portion of the DOWNTOWN AREA, as recommended by the HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION and the PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, so as to include in such HISTORICAL OVERLAY DISTRICT the hereinafter described property, while preserving the respective existing use and zoning designations of the property included therein; and that the boundaries of said HISTORICAL OVERLAY DISTRICT be, and the same are hereby, established as follows: SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar, and State of Texas, being the Downtown area of the City of Paris with the boundaries of said Historical Overlay District being more particularly described as follows: Starting at the intersection of Price Street and 3rd Street N.W.; THENCE South along 3rd Street N.W. to Houston Street; THENCE West to 4th Street N.W.; THENCE South along 4th Street N.W. to Bonham Street including the lot at the Southwest comer of Bonham Street and 4th Street S.W.; THENCE continuing South on 4th Street S.W. to Kaufman Street; THENCE East on Kaufman Street to 2nd Street S.W.; THENCE South along 2nd Street S. W. to Sherman Street; THENCE East along Sherman Street to 1st Street S.E.; THENCE North along 1 st Street S.E. to Kaufman Street; THENCE East along Kaufman Street to 3rd Street S.E.; THENCE North along 3rd Street S.E. to Clarksville Street; THENCE East along Clarksville Street to the Eastern Boundary of the property at 535 Clarksville Street; THENCE continuing along a property Line to 530 Lamar Avenue; THENCE West along Lamar Avenue to 3rd Street N.E.; THENCE North along 3rd Street N.E. to Price Street; THENCE West to the point of beginning at Price Street and 3rd Street N.W. Section 3. That the Chief Building Official of the City of Paris be, and he is hereby, directed to change the Zoning Map of the City of Paris in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 171 0 and the land use map accompanying the same, and in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 4. That the following historical preservation standards shall be and are hereby adopted to apply to all properties within the Downtown Historical Overlay District designated herein, in accordance with the terms and provisions of Article VII to Chapter 7, Sections 7-151