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WHEREAS, Chapter 219 of the Local Government Code further provides that a municipality
<br />may define, by ordinance, the relationship between a comprehensive plan and development regulations
<br />and may provide standards for determining the consistency required between a plan and development
<br />regulations; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 219.003 of the Local Government Code, the City
<br />of Paris by and through its Planning & Zoning Commission, conducted numerous hearings at which
<br />the public was given the opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence with regard to
<br />the Draft Comprehensive Plan prepared and presented by Bucher, Willis, & Ratliff Corporation; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, following said numerous public hearings, the Planning & Zoning Commission
<br />conducted additional public meetings whereby various provisions of the proposed Comprehensive
<br />Plan were carefully scrutinized and extensively deliberated; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, following the process of public hearings and extensive deliberation by the
<br />Planning & Zoning Commission, the Commission forwarded said Draft Comprehensive Plan to the
<br />City Council with its recommendations for approval thereof, and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council has subsequently, in public meetings, duly posted, fully
<br />discussed and deliberated the proposed Comprehensive Plan as presented by the consultants Bucher,
<br />Willis, & Ratliff; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the adoption of the proposed Comprehensive Plan shall not, in accordance with
<br />Section 219.004 of the Local Government Code, limit the ability of the City of Paris to prepare other
<br />plans, policies, or strategies related to land use and land use planning as required; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt the aforesaid Draft Comprehensive Plan as
<br />the new Comprehensive Zoning and Land Use Plan for the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE,
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<br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
<br />TEXAS:
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<br /> Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things
<br />approved.
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<br /> Section 2. That the Comprehensive Plan, as the same was prepared by the consulting firm
<br />of Bucher, Willis, & RatliffCorporation, and as the same was presented to the City of Paris Planning
<br />& Zoning Commission, and considered at numerous public hearings conducted by said Commission,
<br />in which the general public was encouraged to give testimony and present written evidence regarding
<br />same, which said plan, following further deliberation by the Planning & Zoning Commission, was
<br />forwarded to the City Council for consideration along with recommendations for approval made by
<br />the Planning & Zoning Commission, and which said plan was further reviewed by the City Council
<br />in conjunction with the aforesaid consultant, is found to be acceptable to the City Council as the same
<br />is attached hereto and for all purposes incorporated herein as Exhibit A, and is hereby in all things
<br />approved as the Comprehensive Zoning and Land Use Plan of the City of Paris.
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