2000-014-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ON LOT 18 CITY BLOCK 501 ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO DONALD LEWIS
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-014
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 ONE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.3 (SF-3) ON LOT 18, CITY
BLOCK 501, ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO DONALD LEWIS, SO AS
TO INCLUDE THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS AN
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A); DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE ONE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO. 3 (SF-3) SO
ESTABLISHED; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
$2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE OF APRIL 1, 2000.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, has previously received
a request for an amendment to the zoning ordinance of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has subsequently referred said request for amendment to the
Planning and Zoning Commission for its review and recommendation in accordance with the City
zoning ordinance and State law; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission did conduct a public hearing on said
proposed amendment to the City zoning ordinance and, following said hearing, made formal
recommendation to the City Council regarding said proposed change; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did subsequently conduct a public
hearing on the aforesaid proposed amendment to the City zoning ordinance, and having considered
the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the testimony and evidence
introduced at said public hearing, found and determined that approving the aforesaid zoning
change would be consistent with the comprehensive plan of the City of Paris, consistent with the
City zoning ordinance, and in the best interests and to the benefit of the public health, safety, and
welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That the boundaries heretofore established by the Zoning Map and Ordinance
No. 1710 of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, changed, and that a
ONE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.3 (SF-3) be, and the same is hereby, established
on LOT 18, CITY BLOCK 501, on property belonging to DONALD LEWIS, so as to include in
such ONE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.3 (SF-3) the hereinafter described property,
which was formerly and is presently designated as an AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A), and that
the boundaries of said ONE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.3 (SF-3), be, and the same
are hereby, established as follows:
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of
Lamar, and State of Texas, being a part of the Wesley Askins Survey #7, being Lot
18, City Block 501, and being a called 2 acre tract of land conveyed V. R.
Barksdale by deed recorded in Volume 379, Page 188 of the Lamar County Deed
Records, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron pin (f) for corner at the southeast corner of said 2
acre tract, said point being the northeast corner of a 0.869 acre tract of land
conveyed Donald R. Lewis, Jr. by deed recorded in Volume 881, Page 315 of the
Lamar County Real Property Records.
THENCE along a fence as follows: south 85 deg. 03 min. 53 sec. west a
distance of 84.48 feet to the post (t); south 53 deg. ()() min. 24 sec. west a distance
of 90.70 feet to a post (f) for corner at the southwest corner of said 2 acre tract and
the northwest corner of said 0.869 acre tract, said point being in the east boundary
line of a called 27.813 acre tract of land conveyed Donald R. Lewis by deed
recorded in Volume 865, Page 333 of the Lamar County Real Property Records;
THENCE along an existing fence as follows: north 25 deg. 57 min. 02 sec.
west a distance of 51.65 feet to a post (f); north 14 deg. 36 min. 12 sec. west a
distance of 114.28 feet to a post (t); north 2 deg. 24 min. 15 sec. west a distance
of 368.74 feet to an iron pin (f) for corner at the northwest corner of said 2 acre
tract and the northeast corner of said 27.813 acre tract, said point being in the
south boundary line of a called 1.241 acre tract of land conveyed Richard M.
Margraves by deed recorded in Volume 531 ,Page ISO of the Lamar County Deed
Records;
THENCE south 84 deg. 34 min. 52 sec. east along a fence a distance of
188.60 feet to an iron pin (f) for corner at the northeast corner of said 2 acre tract
and the southeast corner of said 1.241 acre tract;
THENCE along the west boundary line of Lamar County Road #42450 as
follows: south 5 deg. 53 min. 38 sec. east a distance of 193.49 feet to a capped
(JMN-4025) iron pin (s); south 3 deg. 34 min. 55 sec. east a distance of 253.83
feet to the place of beginning and containing 2.214 acres of land, being located on
Amherst Road (Lamar County Road #42450).
Section 3. That the Chief Building Official of the City of Paris be, and he is hereby,
directed to change the Zoning Map of the City of Paris in accordance with the provisions of
Ordinance No. 1710 and the land use map accompanying the same, and in accordance with the
provisions of this ordinance.
Section 4. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
Misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $2,000.00, and each
and every day's continuance of any violation of the above-enumerated sections shall constitute and
be deemed a separate offense.
Section 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall become effective April I, 2000.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris, in regular session
convened, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Paris, Texas, on this the 9th day of March, 2000.
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c""\ Mary Ann Fisher, Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: