2009-026-ORD EXTENDING ADDITIONAL 90 DAY MORATORIUM ON ISSUANCE OF PERMITS

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WHEREAS, on May 12, 2008, the Planning and Zoning Commission adopted a new Comprehensive Land use Map for the City of Paris which designated certain areas of the City for possible future development of manufactured housing; and, WHEREAS, on or about October 6, 2008, the Planning & Zonning Commission created a Manufactured Housing Study Committee to study the Future Land Use Map and Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris and to develop draft regulations for HUD -Code Manufactured Housing; and, WHEREAS, on June 1, 2009, the Manufactured Housing Study Committee completed their work and forwarded recommendations to the City's Planning and Zoning Commission; and, WHEREAS, on August 25, 2008, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2008 -028 enacting a one hundred eighty (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; and, WHEREAS, on January 26, 2009, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2009 -003 enacting an additional one hundred eighty (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; and, WHEREAS, the Commission needs additional time to review and consider the recommendations received from the Study Committee and to work with City staff to develop an appropriate ordinance and amendments to the City Zoning and Subdivision ordinances; 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 extend the current moratorium (which expires August 20, 2009), an additional 90 -days 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 things approved. Section 2. That for a period of ninety (90) days from and after the expiration date of the current moratorium (August 20, 2009), 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