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Regular City Council Meeting February 9, 2009 Page 6 22. First reading, deliberate and possibly act on an ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS TEXAS, AMENDING SUBSECTION 10 -110 PAVING STANDARDS, OF SECTION 10 -100 OFF - STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 1710, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTING EXISTING BUSINESSES FROM REQUIREMENT OF PAVED PARKING; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Council Member Rogers said she did not think this ordinance was good for the City, because having the parking lots paved would help clean up the City. Mayor Freelen and Council Member Biard expressed concern for loss of potential new businesses because of the cost of having to pave parking lots. Council Member Pickle said he was comfortable in the way the ordinance was written, because it called for paving parking lots when an existing business applied for a permit to expand or enlarge their business by more than fifty percent. Council Member Biard also said he was comfortable with it. This item will be placed on the February 23' Agenda for a second reading and action. 23. Deliberate and act on the status of a building permit for John House d/b /a Paris Extended Stay Suites, 1518 Lamar Avene. Mayor Freelen said this item was requested by Council Members Biard and Brown. Mayor Freelen expressed concern about being inconsistent, because last summer an organization had a similar request and the organization was told that they would need to take care of the cost of laying additional water lines to their location. Council Member Biard agreed that they did not need to show favoritism. John House complained about the permitting process prior to the City engaging the services of Bureau Veritas. Several Council Members also complained about the prior permitting process. Fire Chief Ronnie Grooms, Fire Marshall Dale Mayberry and Vance Woodard addressed sprinkler issues and urged Council to adopt the 2006 fire codes. Council also heard from Ty Chapman of Bureau Veritas, who explained that Mr. House had a list of items that he could do to his building without the permit. Mr. Chapman also explained what would need to be done in order for a permit to be issued to Mr. House. After additional discussion, it was a consensus of Council to allow Mr. House to proceed with interior electrical rough in, plumbing top out, mechanical rough, framing, exterior masonry, and egress stairs. It was decided that Mr. House would not be allowed to proceed beyond the approved items nor allowed to install any fire related piping, wiring, etc. until after complete sprinkler and alarm plans, as well as plans for fire lanes and the underground fire main had been reviewed and approved. Mr. House was also directed to use Bureau Veritas as the single point of contact for the City and required to acknowledge receipt and acceptance of a letter detailing these requirements.