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1 j QQC90 i Regular City Council Meeting February 23, 2009 Page 10 OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; CHANGING THE RATIO OF ANIMALS TO AREA; PROVIDING FOR A ONE YEAR COMPLIANCE PERIOD; 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. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. Mayor Freelen recessed Council at 7:02 p.m. and reconvened Council into open session at 7:10 p.m. 38. ORDINANCE NO. 2009-006: 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 inquired as to how staff would determine the square footage area of existing structures. Shawn Napier explained that there were maps, as well as when a building permit application is made that square footage should be contained in that application. Council also discussed the ordinance that was passed in 1989, which grandfathered structures built prior to 1989 time from having to pave their parking. Council Member Rogers expressed concern about disabled persons having to maneuver around on non paved parking lots. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Brown. Motion carried, 5 ayes -1 nay, with Council Member Rogers casting the dissenting vote. 39. Deliberate, provide direction to staff, and possibly act on an application for disannexation of approximately 160.67 acres of land located on FM 1508, forming a portion of the current outer boundaries of the city limits of the City of Paris in response to applications for such disannexation filed by the property owners of eight (8) tracts of land within the proposed disannexation area. Council discussed items 39,40 and 41. Kevin Carruth explained if the City disannexed these properties and later decided they needed to annex the property, that it would have to go into a state mandated annexation plan and it would be a minimum of three years before any action could be taken. Mr. Carruth said the property listed in item 39 was close to the city airport and there were businesses