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DRAFT J:\Attorney\ALICE\ORDWORK\CiJRRENT\Amend Wireless Ord.wpd August 8, 2002 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1710, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, TO AMEND SECTION 28-104(b) OF SECTION 28 OF SAID ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE REGULATION OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND FACII,ITIES TO ADD ZONING CLASSIFICATION PD(c) AS A PERMISSIBLE ZONING AREA FOR THE SITING OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACII,ITIES; AMENDING SECTION 28-106(c) TO ADD A PROCEDURE FOR THE GRANT OF VARIANCE FROM SETBACK STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC HEARING, ENHANCED VOTING REQUIREMENTS, AND STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE GRANT OF SAID VARIANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, adopted Ordinance No. 2001-048 on August 13, 2001, which approved a new Section 28 to Ordinance No. 1710, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris, to provide a comprehensive procedure for the regulation of wireless telecommunications towers and facilities; and, WHEREAS, the City Council desires to expand the permitted areas for the grant of permits for new wireless communication facilities to include zoning areas designated PD(c); and, WHEREAS, the City Council desires to implement a limited variance procedure to vary compliance with the setback requirements of said ordinance, subject to various standards and limitations related thereto; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Section 28-104(b) of Section 28 to Ordinance No. 1710, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris, said Section 28 entitled "Regulation of Wireless Telecommunication Towers and Facilities," shall be and is hereby amended to allow zoning areas classified as PD(c) as areas where new wireless communication facilities may be permitted, said Section 28-104(b) to read as follows: