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ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -045
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
<br />AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO REZONE 337.7 ACRES OF
<br />LAND, KNOWN AS PROPOSED ZONE 1, THE RESORT AREA, WITHIN THE
<br />PROPOSED LAKE CROOK PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (LCPDD),
<br />FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A) TO LAKE CROOK PLANNED
<br />DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ZONE 1, THE RESORT AREA. SAID LAKE
<br />CROOK PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS COMPRISED OF 3,000±
<br />ACRES OF LAND, IN ADDITION TO 1000± ACRES OF LAKE AREA;
<br />LOCATED AT THE EXTREME NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE CITY OF
<br />PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN
<br />THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY; PROVIDING A REPEALER
<br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY
<br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the Paris City Council desires to establish mixed -land uses represented
<br />by single- family, multi - family, commercial, resort, and recreational uses within an area
<br />known as the Lake Crook Planned Development District (LCPDD); and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Paris City Council has approved a proposed conceptual plan
<br />providing for fourteen (14) subzones within said LCPDD, comprising a total of
<br />approximately 3,000± acres of land area and also approximately 1,000± acres of water,
<br />known as Lake Crook; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Paris City Council recognizes that the scope of establishing the
<br />LCPDD shall extend over a number of months; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Paris City Council has directed city staff to prepare planning and
<br />zoning opportunities and requirements first regarding Zone 1: The Resort Area, within the
<br />LCPDD; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Paris Planning and Zoning Commission has held a number of
<br />discussion sessions regarding said Zone 1, the Resort Area; and,
<br />WHEREAS, on December 3, 2013, the city staff presented and discussed said Zone 1
<br />to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and said commission opened the floor for
<br />discussion and comment on the proposed Zone 1; and,
<br />WHEREAS, no one spoke either in support of or in opposition to Zone 1; and,
<br />WHEREAS, on December 3, 2013, following notice and publication as required by
<br />law, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed
<br />amendment to the City zoning ordinance and, following said hearing, made formal
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