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DRAFT <br /> <br />F:kAttorney\Lisa\Ordinances\CURRENT\Subdivision Reg Sec. XVI Amendment. wpd <br /> June 9, 2003 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION XVI, CHANGES AND <br />VARIATIONS, AS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO. 1315, AS AMENDED, <br />THE CITY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, TO REVISE THE LANGUAGE IN <br />SUBSECTION (B) THEREOF TO PROVIDE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, IN <br />THE EVENT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS FAILED <br />TO APPROVE A REQUEST FOR A SUSPENSION OR VARIATION FROM <br />ONE OR MORE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, TO GRANT SAID <br />SUSPENSION OR VARIATION UPON A THREE-FOURTHS (3/4) VOTE OF <br />ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND <br />PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section XVT of Ordinance No. 1315, as amended, the Subdivision Regulations <br />of the City of Paris, at subsection (B), provides a process for suspending or varying the Subdivision <br />Regulations upon certain findings thereof and a vote for recommendation of said suspension by both <br />the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris desires to amend said Section XVT (B) to <br />authorize the City Council to overrule the Planning and Zoning Commission's denial of a suspension <br />or variation from said Regulations, and grant said suspension or variation upon a three-fourths (3/4) <br />vote in favor thereof by all members of the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br /> <br /> Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things <br />approved. <br /> <br /> Section 2. That Section XVT, Changes and Variations, of Ordinance No. 1315, as amended, <br />the Subdivision Regulations of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />"Section XVI. Changes and Variations <br /> <br />"(B) A suspension from or a variation of any of these rules and regulations may be <br />recommended by the commission, upon a showing by the owner or developer that <br />there are special circumstances or conditions affecting the property in question; that <br /> <br /> <br />