2000-017-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ON LOT 1 CITY BLOCK 32 ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO DENNIS R NELMS
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-017
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 TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT (2F) WITH SPECIFIC USE
PERMIT (24) INSTITUTIONS OF RELIGIOUS NATURE INCLUDING
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS THEREIN, ON LOT 1, CITY BLOCK 32, ON
PROPERTY BELONGING TO DENNIS R. NELMS, SO AS TO INCLUDE
THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS A TWO-F AMIL Y
DWELLING DISTRICT (2F); DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT (2F) WITH SPECIFIC USE
PERMIT (24) INSTITUTIONS OF RELIGIOUS NATURE 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 MAY 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
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT (2F) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (24)
INSTITUTIONS OF RELIGIOUS NATURE be, and the same is hereby, established on LOT 1,
CITY BLOCK 32, on property belonging to DENNIS R. NELMS, so as to include in such TWO-
F AMIL Y DWELLING DISTRICT (2F) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (24) INSTITUTIONS
OF RELIGIOUS NATURE the hereinafter described property, which was formerly and is
presently designated as a TWO-F AMIL Y DWELLING DISTRICT (2F), and that the boundaries
of said TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT (2F) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (24)
INSTITUTIONS OF RELIGIOUS NATURE, 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 Larkin Rattan Survey, and being
Lot 1, City Block 32, and a part of an 8 3/4 acre tract conveyed M. A. Mayers and
M. Mayers to E. S. Connor and J. B. McDade on May 23, 1890, by deed recorded
in Volume 65, Page 285 of the Lamar County Deed Records, and being more
particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the northwest corner of a lot conveyed to E. S. Connor by
Zue C. Gibbons and husband, J. R. Gibbons, on March 25, 1922, by deed
recorded in Volume 197, Page 85 of the Lamar County Deed Records, a stake on
the south boundary line of Pine Bluff Street;
THENCE south with the west boundary line of said above-mentioned lot
a distance of 180 feet more or less, the southwest corner of same, and also being
the north boundary line of a lot conveyed to Leonard Page by Jane C. Wood and
husband on September 14, 1944;
THENCE west with the north boundary line of said Pate lot a distance of
95 '/2 feet, a stake, same being the northwest corner of said Pate lot and also being
a point in the east boundary line of 12th Street N.E., formerly North 30th Street;
THENCE north with said street a distance of 180 feet, more or less, a stake
in the east boundary line of 12th Street N.E. and the south boundary line of Pine
Bluff Street;
THENCE east with the south boundary line of Pine Bluff Street a distance
of 95'h feet to the place of beginning, being number 1202 Pine Bluff Street.
Section 3. That the aforesaid zoning change designation of TWO FAMILY
DWELLING DISTRICT (2F) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (24), INSTITUTIONS OF A
RELIGIOUS NATURE, shall be and is hereby made subject to and conditioned upon the
requirement that no more than fifteen (15) individuals may reside on the premises of the property
described in Section 2 of this ordinance, and that no more than five (5) vehicles may be parked
at anyone time on the driveway or adjacent to the property as described in Section 2 of this
ordinance.
Section 4. 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 5. 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 6. That all ordinances Of parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 7. That this ordinance shall become effective May 1,2000.
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 6th day of April, 2000.
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Charles H. Neeley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: