2012-040 ORD AMENDING CITY ORD NO 1315

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ORDINANCE NO. 2012-040 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CITY ORDINANCE NO. 1315, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION I. PURPOSE AND AMENDING SECTION VI REPLATTING AND SECTION VII. (F) MINIMUM IMPROVEMENTS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SAME AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, by city ordinance No. 1315, the City Council of the City of Paris enacted a Subdivision Ordinance to regulate subdivision and development of land located inside the corporate City limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Paris, Texas; and, WHEREAS, these subdivision regulations have been updated and revised over the years as state law has changed and development trends have evolved; and, WHEREAS, at the November 26, 2012 meeting of the Paris City Council, the City Manager presented some additional changes to the City's Subdivision regulations relating to minor plat approval of four (4) lots or less and administrative variances for certain curb and gutter requirements; and, WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the proposed changes to the City's Subdivision Ordinance, as set out below, are in the best interest of the city and its citizens and should be approved. 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 City Ordinance No. 1315, as previously amended, is hereby further amended to add a new section "I. Purpose" to read as follows. All remaining Sections of Ordinance No. 1315 to be renumbered consecutively following the new Section I. Purpose. "Section I. Purpose In accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, every owner of land located within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Paris, who divides the tract in two (2) or more parts for the purpose of laying out a subdivision of the tract including addition to the City of Paris, or for laying out suburban lots or building lots, and streets, alleys or parks and other portions intended for public use, or the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, are required to submit a plat of such subdivision or addition for approval by the City Planning