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269 MINUTES 0P THE kEGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL August 14, 1978 The Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Paris was held Monday,. August 14, 1978 at 7:00 o'clock P.M. Mayor Malone called the meeting to order with the following Council members present: B. J. Burnett, Jim Farris, George Fisher, Dave Philley, Walter F. Williams and Raymond Wunsch. Staff members present were City Manager Robert W. Sokoll, City Attorney T. K. Haynes and Acting City Clerk Joe N. McCollum. Prayer was offered by the Rovererid James Haggard, minister of the North Main Baptist Church. Mayor Malone asked if there were 9ny corrections or additions to the Minutes of previous meetings as furnished to the Council members. There being none the Minutes were approved. Mayor Malone announced the first order of business would be consideration of recommendations made by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mayor Malone declared the public hearing open on the petition of M. C. Lester for a change in zoning from a One Family Dwelling District No. 3 (SF -3) to a Commercial District (C) on Lots 7 and 8, Block 4, Colonial Addition located on the southwest corner of 13th N.M. and Campbell Street. He then read the re- commendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission which was to deny the request. Mayor Malone called for proponents to appear and Mr. Lester appeared in his behalf presenting a petition signed by area residents who were in favor of the change. Mayor Malone called for opponents to appear and Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Dickey, 805 13th -N.W., and Ray Jones, 1229 13th N.W., spoke in opposition to the change. Mayor Malone declared the public hearing closed and advised the Council that because of the abtion of the Planning and Zoning Commission which was to deny the request that the vote of the Council would require a 75% majority. The ordinance ordering the zoning was presented by the City Attorney. "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AND CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY THE ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY; ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIAL DIS- TRICT (C) ON LOTS 7 AND 8, BLOCK 4, COLONIAL ADDITION, ON PRO- PERTY BELONGING TO M. C. LESTER, SO AS TO INCLUDE THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS A ONE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO. 3 (SF -3); AND DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) SO ESTABLISHED."