2000-015-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ON LOT 14 CITY BLOCK 306-C ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO LINDA STEPHENS
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-015
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 DISTRICT (C) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (54)
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS ON LOT 14, CITY BLOCK 306-C, ON
PROPERTY BELONGING TO LINDA STEPHENS, SO AS TO INCLUDE
THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS AN
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A); DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (54)
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS 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 I, 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
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (54) SIGNS AND
BILLBOARDS be, and the same is hereby, established on LOT 14, CITY BLOCK 306-C, on
property belonging to LINDA STEPHENS, so as to include in such COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
(C) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (54) SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS the hereinafter described
property, which was formerly and is presently designated as an AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
(A), and that the boundaries of said COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) WITH SPECIFIC USE
PERMIT (54) SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS, 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 Thomas Askins Survey, located
about 4 miles north of the City of Paris, being Lot 14, City Block 306-C, and being
more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the northeast corner of a 135 acre tract of land owned by
Wylie Smith;
THENCE north 89 deg. west a distance of 225 feet to a stake on the east
boundary line of U.S. Highway 271;
THENCE in a southerly direction with the east boundary line of said
Highway as follows: south 5 deg. west a distance of 570 feet; south 9 deg. west a
distance of 20 I feet; south 5 deg. west a distance of 997 feet to a stake in the
northwest corner of a tract of land formerly owned by Stallings Nursery;
THENCE east a distance of 392 1/2 feet to a stake in old U.S. Highway 271;
THENCE north a distance of 1,765 feet to the place of beginning and
containing 12.31 acres of land as shown from an actual survey made on the ground
by J. W. Crook, County Surveyor of Lamar County, Texas, on January 22, 1951,
being located in the 5600 block of U.S. Highway 271 North.
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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Mary Fisher, Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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