2012-029 ORD AMENDING SECTIONS 8-107, 8-201 AND 12-100 OF CITY'S ZONING ORD NO 1710 AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED

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ORDINANCE N0. 2012-029 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTIONS 8-107, 8-201 AND 12-100 OF THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710, AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR THE OPERATION OF SELF-STORAGE/MINI WAREHOUSES IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ONLY; ADDING A DEFINITION FOR SELF-STORAGE/MINI WAREHOUSE TO SECTION 8-201 OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE; AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 12-100 (55), SELF-STORAGE/MINI WAREHOUSE, TO THE LIST OF USES REQUIRING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT UNDER THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, under the current City Zoning Ordinance Self-storage/Mini Warehouse is not an identified "use" under the city's zoning use chart set forth in Section 8-107 of City Zoning Ordinance No. 1710, as amended, therefore these self-storage/mini warehouses may locate anywhere in the City that allows storage warehouses; and, WHEREAS, a self-storage/mini warehouse is a very different type of use than a large industrial warehouse and should treated separately under the city's zoning ordinance; and, WHEREAS, on October 1, 2012, following notice and publication as required by law, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed ordinance to amend Sections 8-107, 8-201 and 12-100 of the City Zoning Ordinance No. 1710, and, following said hearing, made formal recommendation to the City Council to approve the proposed amendments to the City Zoning Ordinance; and, WHEREAS, on October 8, 2012, following notice and publication as required by law, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas conducted a public hearing on the proposed amendments to City Zoning Ordinance No. 1710, and having considered the recommendations of the Planning & Zoning Commission, and City Staff, hereby determines that the referenced amendments to the City Zoning Ordinance are in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris, and approved the amendment to the City Zoning Ordinance No. 1710, by vote of 6 ayes and � nays; and, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUIVCIL 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.