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DRAFT <br />S:\ORDWORK\CURRENT\Zoning ORD - Matthew Cole, 4040 N. Main St..docx <br />ORDINANCE N0. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE N0. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO REZONE A 0.78 ACRE <br />TRACT OF LAND BEING A PART OF THE THOMAS ASKINS SURVEY, <br />ABSTRACT N0. 6, LOCATED AT 4040 NORTH MAIN STREET, CITY OF <br />PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM AN AGRICULTURE DISTRICT (A) <br />TO A COMMERICAL DISTRICT (C) DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY <br />IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY; PROVIDING A REPEALER <br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY <br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission received a request for an <br />amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris to rezone a 0.78 acre tract of land <br />being a part of the Thomas Askins Survey, Abstract No. 6, located at 4040 North Main <br />Street, City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas from an Agriculture District (A) to a Commercial <br />District (C); and, <br />WHEREAS, on September 7, 2010, following notice and publication as required by <br />law, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed <br />amendment to the City zoning ordinance and, following said hearing, made formal <br />recommendation to the City Council to approve the requested zoning; and <br />WHEREAS, on September 27, 2010, following notice and publication as required by <br />law, the City Council of the City of Paris conducted a public hearing on the proposed <br />amendment to the City zoning ordinance, and having considered the recommendations of <br />the Planning and Zoning Commission and the testimony and evidence introduced at said <br />public hearing, found and determined that approving the aforesaid zoning change would be <br />consistent with the Comprehensive Future Land Use Plan of the City of Paris, consistent <br />with the City zoning ordinance, and in the best interests of the public health, safety, and <br />welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. The Official Zoning Map of the City of Paris, Texas and Zoning <br />Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Paris as heretofore amended is hereby further amended <br />to rezone a 0.78 acre tract of land being a part of the Thomas Askins Survey, Abstract No. 6, <br />located at 4040 North Main Street, City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, from an Agriculture <br />District (A) to a Commercial District (C), said property being more particularly described in <br />47 <br />