2017-001 - Amending Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 – providing definitions and locations for Distilleries and Solar FarmsORDINANCE NO. 2017 -001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, TO ADD "SOLAR FARM" AND
"DISTILLERY" USES BY AMENDING SECTION 8, "USE OF LAND AND
BUILDINGS;" BY AMENDING SECTION 12 -100, "SPECIFIC USE PERMITS;"
BY ADDING SECTION 29, "PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLAR
FARMS;" PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Paris adopted a temporary Zoning Ordinance in 1942, and
ordinances amending the Zoning Ordinance were passed by the City Council in 1945, 1957,
and 1965; and
WHEREAS, additional amendments were added to Zoning Ordinance No. 1710
(April 12, 1965) during 1971 through 1987 and 2012 and in 2016; and
WHEREAS, much of the Paris Zoning Ordinance is outdated, and therefore does not,
in certain instances, reflect current and appropriate American zoning practice; and
WHEREAS, the City of Paris staff and officials desire to partially update and amend
portions of Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 to aid in the more efficient growth and
development of the City of Paris, Texas; and
WHEREAS, on March 7, 2016 and April 4, 2016, the Paris Planning and Zoning
Commission discussed Zoning Ordinance Amendments regarding Solar Farm uses as
described herein and supported same; and
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2016, the Paris Planning and Zoning Commission
discussed the Zoning Ordinance amendments regarding Distillery uses as described herein
and supported same; and
WHEREAS, solar farms are relatively new uses in zoning ordinances, and they can
be of benefit to communities; and
WHEREAS, distilleries can be of benefit to the City of Paris; and
WHEREAS, presently the City of Paris Zoning Ordinance does not have a definition
for solar farm(s) or distilleries and therefore does not have a Zoning Ordinance inclusion
regarding district(s) where said uses could be located and regulated; and
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WHEREAS, solar farms and distilleries encompass particular land use locational
considerations which should be evaluated as part of the approval process; and
WHEREAS, on January 3, 2017, following notice and publication as required by law,
the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed
amendments to the City Zoning Ordinance and, following said hearing, made formal
recommendation to the City Council to approve the requested amendments; and
WHEREAS, on January 9, 2017, following notice and publication as required by law,
the City Council of the City of Paris conducted a public hearing on the proposed
amendments 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 amendments would be
consistent with the City Zoning Ordinance, and in the best interests of the public health,
safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris by a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in
all things approved.
Section 2. That Section 8 -103, "Utility and Service Uses," in Section 8, "Use of Land
and Buildings," of Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Texas, be, and the same is
hereby amended to read as set forth in full in "Exhibit A," which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
Section 3. That Section 8 -107, "Commercial and Service Uses," in Section 8, "Use of
Land and Buildings," of Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Texas, be, and the same is
hereby amended to read as set forth in full in "Exhibit B," which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
Section 4. That Sections 8 -201 in Section 8, "Use of Land and Buildings," and
section 8 -200, "Special Definitions and Explanations noted in Use Regulations," of Zoning
Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as set
forth in full in "Exhibit C," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section S. That Sections 12 -100 in Section 12, "Specific Use Permits," of Zoning
Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 12 -100. SPECIFIC USE PERMITS
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"The City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, after public hearing and proper notice to all
parties affected and after recommendations by the Planning and Zoning Commission may
authorize the issuance of specific use permits for the following types of uses in the
following districts:
"(1) Airport landing field in any A, SF -1, SF -2, SF -3, 217, MF -1, MF -2, P, 0, NS, GR or
District.
"(2) Auto laundry in the GR District.
"(3) Antique shop in the 0 and NS Districts (and restaurant) cafeteria in the 0
District.
"(4) Cemetery or mausoleum in any residential district.
"(5) Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture in the HI District.
"(6) Concrete batching plant or asphalt batching plant in the LI District.
(Temporary plants subject to approval by ordinance of the City Council)
"(7) Cotton gin in the HI District.
"(8) Community unit development in the A, SF -1, SF -2, SF -3 and 2F Districts
where the over -all density does not vary from the standards established for the
district in which the development is located.
"(9) Commercial amusement (indoors) in the GR District.
"(10) Columbarium in the CA District.
"(11) College, university, convent or monastery in any one - family or two - family
district.
"(12) Country club in any one - family or two - family district.
"(13) Convent or monastery in any one - family or two- family district.
"(14) Day camp in any one - family or two- family district.
"(15) Distillery producing less than 6000 gallons of product per year in the GR
and C Zoning Districts.
"(16) Drive -in theater in the GR District.
"(17) Electric generating plant and other similar utility installation in SF -1, SF -2,
SF -3, 217, MF -1 and MF -2 Districts.
"(18) Fraternity or sorority in the A, SF -1, SF -2, SF -3, 2F and MF -1 Districts.
"(19) Radio and television broadcasting towers and transmitting station in all
residential districts and in the P, 0, NS and GR Districts.
"(20) Go -cart track, drag strip or commercial vehicle racing in the LI and HI
Districts.
"(21) Heliport in any A, SF -1, SF -2, SF -3, 2F, MF -1, MF -2, P, 0, NS, GR, CA or PD
District.
"(22) Hospital, convalescent home, residence home for aged in any one - family or
two- family district.
"(23) Reserved. (Repealed by Ord. No. 2110, § 3, 9- 11 -72)
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"(24) Hotel or motel in the MF -2 District.
"(25) Home for alcoholic, psychological or narcotic patients in the A, MF -1, MF -2,
GR and 0 Districts.
"(26) Institutions of a religious, educational or philanthropic nature not
specifically mentioned herein in any one - family or two - family district.
"(27) Nursery school, day nursery or kindergarten school in the A, SF -1, SF -2, SF -3
and the 2F Districts.
"(28) Recreational facilities in any residential district.
"(29) Rock quarry, sand, gravel and caliche excavations in the LI or HI Districts.
"(30) Mortuary in the 0, NS and GR Districts.
"(31) Fairgrounds or exhibition area in the NS or GR Districts.
"(32) Livestock auction or commission house in the A, C or LI District.
"(33) Petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacture in the HI District.
"(34) Public or private utility not listed in all districts.
"(35) Sewage treatment plant in any district except LI and HI Districts.
"(36) Water treatment plant in any residential District and in the 0, P, NS or GR
Districts.
"(37) Wrecking or salvage yard in the HI District.
"(38) Any use which is determined to come under the provisions of Section 8 -201,
91 item g.
"(39) Off- premises consumption sale of wine, beer or ale (wine and beer retail
sales store) as an accessory use to a grocery store in the NS, GR, C, CA, and PD(a)
Districts.
"(40) Off- premises consumption sale of all alcoholic beverages, package store in GR,
C, CA and PD(a) Districts.
"(41) Warehouse storage of beer, wine, or liquor for distributors with no retail sales
permitted on the premises in the LI and PD(c) Districts.
"(42) Dance hall, public, in the C, CA and LI Districts.
"(43) Heavy machinery sales and storage in the ESS District.
"(44) Gasoline service stations in the GR and C Districts.
"(45) Auto fuel sales in the NS, GR and C Districts.
"(46) Recreational facility (private) in the SF -1, SF -2, SF -3, 2F, MF -1, MF -2, P, and
NS Districts.
"(47) Bed and breakfast historical residence in the 2F and MF -1 Districts.
"(48) Billboard and advertising signs in the GR, C, CA, LI and HI Districts.
"(49) Loading, unloading or trans loading of crude oil in Heavy Industrial (HI)
zoning districts.
"(50) New or Used Car Lot (Open) in the CA District.
"(51) Head shops must have a specific use permit (S) to locate in light industrial
or heavy industrial (HI) zoning districts in the City of Paris, Texas.
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"(52) Self- storage /mini warehouses must have a specific use permit (S) to locate
in a Commercial (C) Zoning District in the City of Paris, Texas.
"(53) Solar Farms must have a specific use permit to locate in Agricultural (A),
Light Industrial (LI) and Heavy Industrial (HI) Districts."
Section 6. That Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Texas, be, and the same is
hereby amended to add Section 29, which shall read as follows:
"Section 29. Required Components Regarding Solar Farm Specific Use Permits (SUP)
"29 -100 While solar farms are modern land uses which can provide environmental and
economic benefits, they also require appropriate land use and zoning evaluation. The
following represent components of solar farm evaluation that can aid in the appropriate
locational, public health, welfare, and safety analysis regarding the establishment of solar
farms in Paris. Of course, since a Specific Use Permit (SUP) is a site - specific zoning tool,
there may be other considerations that Paris city staff and public officials consider relevant
to address, regarding any particular property that has applied for a solar farm
development.
"(a)There shall be a mandatory pre- application meeting(s) with relevant City of
Paris staff, public officials, and their representatives.
"(b)Solar farms shall be developed on a minimum of a thirty -two (32) acre tract
and there shall be a four hundred (400) foot buffer separating all solar farm
functions and equipment surrounding all sides of the perimeter of any solar
farm property.
"(c)Solar farms shall not be constructed over any onsite wastewater system unless
specifically approved by authorized city, state, and /or federal health officials,
as required.
"(d)Every component of the solar farm shall be limited to a maximum height of
twenty (20) feet; this provision shall not include the interconnection poles,
substation equipment or other devices necessary for the electricity to be
delivered to the public utility station. Roof mounted systems shall not exceed
the maximum height for the appropriate zoning district, unless approved by
the City of Paris staff.
"(e) In addition to pre - application meeting(s) with city staff, applicants shall meet
with the Paris airport manager regarding potential solar panel glare issues
relative to aircraft navigational functions and /or other potential aircraft or
airport operational issues.
"(f) A site plan shall be submitted as part of the SUP approval process.
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"(g) As part of Paris staff and officials' site plan review, and prior to SUP approval,
the solar farm(s) developer shall submit the Federal Aviation Administration's
FAA Form 7460 -1, filed under Part 77 and included in the Obstruction
Evaluation Program, in which the FAA must determine the proposed solar farm
to be no obstruction /hazard to air traffic.
"(h) For all proposed solar farms, within five (5) miles of the Paris airport, a solar
glare analysis, with the airport manager's approval, indicating "no glare" shall
be attached to Form 7460 -1 and included with the Form 7460 -1 when
presented for SUP application.
"(i) In the event that power production ceases for a period of six (6) months, the
owner of the real property upon which the solar farm is located shall remove
from the site all the components of the solar farm, to include equipment,
conduit, structures, foundations and any other improvements or devices used
in the installation or operation of the solar farm and dispose of those
components in accordance with applicable law. Said removal shall occur
within twelve (12) months of cessation of operations.
"(j) Distribution lines: To the extent practical, all new distribution lines to any
building, structure, or utility connection may be located above ground, but
subject to the review and approval of the City of Paris city engineer and City of
Paris public works director.
"(k) Approved solar components: Electric solar system components shall have a UL
listing or equivalent.
"(1) Compliance with building code: All active solar systems shall meet all
requirements of the City of Paris Building Codes, and /or other building
code /regulation requirements as determined by City of Paris staff.
"(m) Compliance with electric code: All photovoltaic systems shall comply with all
applicable electric codes /regulations as determined by City of Paris staff.
"(n) Utility notification: No grid tied photovoltaic system shall be installed until
evidence has been given to the City of Paris city engineer and City of Paris
director of public works that the property owner of the solar farm has been
approved by the relevant utility company to install said system.
"(o) As part of the buffering system, a security fence shall surround the perimeter of
the solar farm, and as approved by the City of Paris staff.
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"(p) Reasonable accessibility for emergency vehicles and services shall be required,
and as approved by the City of Paris staff.
"(q) All relevant health and safety requirements of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) pertaining to solar farms shall be met, and as said
requirements shall from time to time be modified /amended, and /or updated.
"(r) In addition to the Performance Standards stated within the SUP requirements
in the Paris Zoning Ordinance, solar farm development shall follow state
regulations regarding Performance Standards and shall also be required to
address noxious matter, air pollution, fire hazards, wastes, particulate matter,
toxic matter, combustible matter, and flammable matter."
Section 7. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the
ordinances of the City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 8. That the repeal of any ordinance or part of ordinances affected by the
enactment of this ordinance shall not be construed as abandoning any action now pending
under or by virtue of such ordinance or as discontinuing, abating, modifying, or altering
any penalty accruing or to accrue, or as affecting any rights of the municipality under any
section or provisions of any ordinance at the time of passage of this ordinance.
Section 9. That it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Paris that this
ordinance, and every provision hereof, shall be considered severable, and the invalidity or
partial invalidity of any section, clause, or provisions of this ordinance shall not affect the
validity of any other portion of this ordinance.
Section 10. That any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine in accordance with provisions of
Sec. 1 -6 of Chapter One of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances, and each and every day's
continuance of any violation of the above - enumerated sections shall constitute and be deemed
a separate offense.
Section 11. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and
publication as required by law.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 9th day of January, 2017 by the City Council of the
City of Paris, Texas in regular session, following notice and publication as required by law.
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(Ord. No. 2074, § 1, 3- 13 -72; Ord. No. 2075, § 2, 3- 13 -72; Ord. No. 2095, § 2, 6- 12 -72; Ord.
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067, § 1a, 12 -9 -85; Ord. No. 89 -005, § 1, 2- 13 -89; Ord. No. 89 -031, § 1, 8- 24 -89; Ord. No. 90-
014, § 1, 4 -9 -90; Ord. No. 95 -021, § 1, 6- 12 -95; Ord. No. 98 -037, § 1, 8- 10 -98; Ord. No.
2003 -0191 § 4, 5 -8 -03; Ord. No. 2010 -007, § 2, 2 -8 -10; Ord. No. 2012 -017, 2, 6- 11 -12; Ord.
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EXHIBIT "C"
Section 8 Use of Land and Buildings
8 -200
SPECIAL DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS NOTED IN USE REGULATIONS
8 -201
The following definitions and explanatory notes supplement, restrict and define the
meaning and intent of the use regulations as set forth in the Use Schedule and Provisions 8-
101 through 8 -109 inclusive.
1. One- Family Dwelling Attached —A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one
or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate wall and which is designed for
occupancy by one (1) family.
2. Accessory Building —In a residence district, a subordinate building, attached or
detached and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the main structure such as a
private garage for automobile storage, tool house, lath or greenhouse as a hobby (no
business), home workshop, children's playhouse, storage house or garden shelter, but not
involving the conduct of a business.
3. Art Gallery— An establishment engaged in the sale, loan, or display of art books,
paintings, sculpture, or other works of art. This clarification does not include libraries,
museums, or non - commercial art galleries.
4. Auto Fuel Sales —The sale of automotive fuels only by self - service establishments or as
an accessory and incidental use to a primary use. (Ord. No. 2095, § 3, 6- 12 -72)
5. Automated Teller Machine (ATM) —An automated device that performs banking or
financial functions at a location remote from the controlling financial institution.
6. Auxiliary Massage Establishment —Any building or tenant space in which any person,
firm, association, or corporation, or any person employed by such person, firm, association,
or corporation, engages, or is permitted to engage in the practice of massage as an
accessory use customary and clearly incidental to a principal business and use, including
but not limited to services offered by a hotel, health spa, or beauty salon.
7. Bakery, Retail —A place for preparing, baking and selling all products on the premises
where prepared.
8. Batching Plant— A plant for the manufacture or mixing or concrete, cement, and
concrete and cement products, including any apparatus and uses incident to such
manufacturing and mixing. An industrial facility used for the production of asphalt or
concrete, or asphalt or concrete products, used in building or construction, and includes
facilities for the administration or management of the business, the stockpiling of bulk
materials used in the production process or of finished products manufactured on the
premises and the storage and maintenance of required equipment, but does not include the
retail sale of finished asphalt or concrete products.
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EXHIBIT "C"
9. Batching Plant, temporary— A temporary facility that produces or processes concrete
or asphalt only for use in a particular construction project and only for the duration of that
project.
10. Bed and Breakfast Historical Residence —A residence that has historical significance as
evidenced by being listed in the historical register or having been granted a historical
medallion, occupied by the owner thereof, making available for hire no more than four (4)
individual bedrooms and having two (2) off - street parking spaces for the residence and one
off - street parking space for each bedroom for hire. (Ord. No. 85 -067, § 1b, 12 -9 -85)
11. Big -Box Retail Establish men t—A singular retail or wholesale user who occupies no less
than 75,000 square feet of gross floor area, typically requires high parking to building area
ratios, and has a regional sales market. Regional retail /wholesale sales can include but are
not limited to membership warehouse clubs that emphasize bulk sales, discount stores, and
department stores. A large -scale (minimum of roughly 100,000 square feet) self - service
retail store selling food, drugs, household merchandise, clothing, and a variety of other
retail goods. The store may, in some cases, include limited medical services, such as a
dentist's office. A retail structure or group of structures (having) a total in excess of 25,000
square feet of gross floor area.
12. Boarding House —A building other than a hotel or motel, where lodging or rooms, or
both, are provided for compensation, whether directly or indirectly. Meals may or may not
be provided, but there is only one common kitchen facility.
13. Body Painting Studio —A business establishment wherein the patrons may apply paint
or similar matter to another unclothed or partially clothed person.
14. Brew -on- Premises Store —A facility that provides the ingredients and equipment for a
customer to use to brew malt liquor at the store. Intoxicating liquor may not be sold or
otherwise provided to customers of a brew -on- premises store unless the owner of the
brew -on- premises store holds the appropriate liquor license. Customers using the brew -
on- premises store must be of minimum age to purchase intoxicating liquor. Intoxicating
malt liquor brewed by a customer may not be sold and must be used by the customer for
personal or family use.
15. Brewpub —A restaurant that manufactures up to 5,000 barrels of fermented malt
beverages per year on premises for either consumption on premises in hand - capped or
sealed containers in quantities up to one -half barrel or 15.5 gallons sold directly to the
consumer. Wholesaling shall be permitted only where authorized within the zoning code.
16. Cabana —An accessory building or a portion of the main building used as a bathhouse
or a dressing area in connection with a swimming pool or a tennis court.
17. Church, Megachurch —A large, specialized type of house of worship that includes
either indoors and /or outdoors, such nontraditional accessory uses as retail sales,
residential uses, amusement parks, and sports and entertainment facilities, as an
integrated part of the development.
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18. Columbarium —A structure or building for the placement of the cremated remains of a
deceased human being or animal into an urn.
19. Community Center (private) —A central social and recreational building as part of a
housing project or community unit development.
20. Community Unit Development —An area of five (5) acres or more of un- subdivided
land or the frontage on one side of a street between two intersecting streets planned as a
single integral residential development which may contain variable types of housing with
yard setback and open space standards differing from the district in which it is located but
which observes the overall density standards set forth in such district. Where the overall
density standards are proposed to vary from those of the district in which the Community
Unit Development is located, the development should be handled as a Planned
Development District by an Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance.
21. College, University or Private School —An institution established for educational
purposes and offering a curriculum similar to the public schools or an accredited college or
university, but excluding trade and commercial schools.
22. Commercial Amusements— Outdoor, such as golf driving range, pitch and putt course,
archery, miniature golf and similar outdoor activities but not including go -cart racing, drag
strips or auto racing.
23. Commercial Wholesale Bottling Works —This is a commercial enterprise whose output
is the bottling of beverages for distribution. This enterprise then distributes the final
product to the wholesale sellers that are located typically in a particular geographic area.
24. Cottage Industry —A processing, assembling, packaging, or storage industry, generally
employing fewer than 20 persons, conducted wholly within an enclosed building located on
a site isolated from other such uses, generating low traffic volumes and with little or no
noise, smoke, odor, dust, glare, or vibration detectable at any property line.
25. Custom personal service such as tailor, shoe repair, barber, beauty shop, health studio
or travel consultant.
26. Day Camp (private) —A recreational area, with or without buildings, where children
engage in supervised training and recreation during daylight hours.
27. Day Nursery or Kindergarten School —An establishment where four (4) or more
children are left for care or training during the day or portion thereof.
28. Data Processing Facility— Facilities where electronic data is processed by employees,
including, without limitation, data entry, storage, conversion or analysis, subscription and
credit card transaction processing, telephone sales and order collection, mail order and
catalog sales, and mailing preparation.
29. Distillery —A distillery is an establishment where alcoholic beverages are made
through distillation. Distilleries may also include accessory uses such as office space,
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sampling /tasting rooms, and restaurants and bar /taverns, and differ from micro
distilleries by virtue of their scale and their principle purpose as a manufacturing facility
for these liquors. A distillery facility shall produce liquors or spirits in accordance with any
manufacturing and /or wholesaling license in accordance with and required by federal,
state, and local requirements.
30. Distribution Center (also, warehouse) —A use where goods are received and /or stored
for delivery to the ultimate customer at remote locations.
31. Domestic Violence Shelter —A residential facility serving as a center to receive and
house persons who are victims of domestic violence, including dependents of the victim, to
provide temporary boarding, lodging, counseling, and day care. The facility shall meet all
certification requirements of the state, county, and /or local municipality wherein said
shelter is located.
32. Equestrian Arena —An improved area, generally fenced, of at least 30 feet in width or
length within which equestrian activities involving horse riding or driving occurs.
33. Equestrian Facilities — Commercial horse, donkey, and mule facilities including: horse
ranches, boarding stables, riding schools and academies, horse exhibition facilities, pack
stations. This land use includes barns, stables, corrals, and paddocks accessory and
incidental to the above uses.
34. Farm Accessory Building —An accessory building or structure used or intended for use
on an active commercial food - producing farm operation. Said building or structure can be
used for storing agricultural equipment or farm produce or products. The term "farm
accessory building" shall not include dwellings.
35. Farm Stand —A temporary open air stand or place for the seasonal selling of
agricultural produce. A produce stand is portable and capable of being dismantled or
removed from the sales site.
36. Flea Market —An outdoor or covered market at a location at which booths or similar
spaces are rented or otherwise made temporarily available to two or more persons at
which the persons offer tangible personal property for sale. Auctions are not permitted
under this use.
37. Farm, Ranch, Garden or Orchard —An area of two (2) acres or more which is used for
growing of usual farm products, vegetables, fruits, trees and grain and for the raising
thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals such as horses, cattle and sheep and
including the necessary accessory uses for raising, treating and storing products raised on
the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of offal or garbage to swine or other
animals and not including any type of agriculture or husbandry specifically prohibited by
ordinance or law.
38. Gasoline Service Stations —A business conducting the sale of gasoline and oil, minor
auto repair, washing, lubrication and other periodic maintenance.
39. Grocery, Cleaning, Small Plant or Shop— Neighborhood grocery store, custom cleaning
and other small shops not exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area.
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40. Halfway House —A facility that provides training, care, supervision, treatment, or
rehabilitation to emotionally and mentally disturbed persons, the aged, disabled, those
convicted of crimes or those suffering the effects of drugs or alcohol; this does not include
day -care centers, family day -care homes, foster homes, schools, hospitals, jails, or prisons.
41. Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility —All structures, other appurtenances, and
improvements on the land used for treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste,
including all operations of storage areas, diked overflow, or emergency spillway areas. A
hazardous waste disposal facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal
operational units; it includes all areas where hazardous waste may be received, stored,
handled, or processed.
42. Hazardous Waste Processing Facility —Any commercial facility, as defined (state rules)
for which a (state) pollution control agency permit is required, treating hazardous waste
generated at any off -site location, that is designed and operated to modify the chemical
composition or chemical, physical, or biological properties of a hazardous waste by means
such as reclamation, distillation, precipitation, or other similar processes, which
neutralizes the waste or renders it nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for
recovery, storage, or reduced in volume expecting "elementary neutralizing units" and
"pretreatment units," as defined in (state) rules. Hazardous waste processing does not
include incineration or disposal.
43. Health Spa —A place or building where active exercise and related activities are
performed utilizing weight control or muscle building equipment or apparatus for the
purpose of physical fitness. Also, a place or building that provides massage, exercise, and
related activities with or without such equipment or apparatus.
44. Homeless Shelter —A facility providing temporary housing to indigent, needy,
homeless, or transient persons; may also provide ancillary services such as counseling,
vocational training, etc., but not including orphanages or foster homes, operated by a non-
profit religious, educational, or philanthropic institution.
45. Home Occupations —A home occupation is an occupation conducted as an accessory
use in or from a residential dwelling or its accessory building by persons whose principal
residence is on the premises, and which use has no more affect on adjoining property than
normal residential use. Home occupations include those uses as permitted and regulated in
section 8 -500 hereof. (Ord. No. 2005 -053, § 2, 9- 26 -05)
46. Hospice Residential Care Facility —A freestanding licensed hospice facility which
provides palliative and supportive medical and other health services to meet the physical,
psychological, social, spiritual, and special needs and /of terminally ill patients and their
families in a residential setting.
47. Head Shops -This definition shall be eliminated.
48. Hospital (acute care) —An institution where sick or injured patients are given medical
or surgical treatment intended to restore them to health and an active life and which is
licensed by the State of Texas.
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49. Hospital (chronic care) —An institution where those persons suffering from generally
permanent types of illness, injury, deformity, deficiency or age are given care and
treatment on a prolonged or permanent basis and which is licensed by the State of Texas.
50. Household Appliance Service and Repair, including radio and television, but not
involving the use of equipment which generates noise, odor or electrical frequencies so as
to interfere with the use and enjoyment of adjacent property.
51. Institutions of Religious or Philanthropic Nature — Institutions sponsored or operated
by organizations established for religious or philanthropic purposes including orphans'
homes, aged homes, training and educational facilities, meeting establishments and places
of residence.
52. Massage Establishment —An establishment where, for any form of consideration,
massage, alcohol rub, fomentation, electric or magnetic treatment, or similar treatment or
manipulation of the human body is administered, unless such treatment or manipulation is
administered by a medical practitioner, chiropractor, acupuncturist, physical therapist, or
similar professional person licensed by the state. This definition does not include an
athletic club, health club, school, gymnasium, reducing salon, spa, or similar establishment
where massage or similar manipulation of the human body is offered as an incidental or
accessory service.
53. Medical Marijuana Dispensary— A facility where marijuana is made available for
medical purposes; this also includes establishments from which marijuana is delivered to
patients who cannot obtain it from a dispensary due to physical or mental disability, for
medical purposes in compliance with local health and safety codes.
54. Medical Waste Facility— A facility used to store and /or repackage medical waste for
transportation to a processing facility.
55. Mental Health Facility —Any individual, association, group or other entity at one
location whose primary purpose is to provide services for the care, treatment, habilitation,
or rehabilitation of the mentally ill, the developmentally disabled, or substance abusers,
and includes any area facility, licensable facility, private facility, residential facility, state
facility, 24 -hour facility, or Veterans Administration facility.
56. Microbrewery —A facility for the production and packaging of malt beverages of low
alcoholic content for distribution, retail, wholesale, on or of premises, with a capacity of not
more than 15,000 barrels per year. The development may include other uses such as a
standard restaurant, bar or live entertainment as otherwise permitted in the zoning
district.
57. Package Store —A building or structure designed for a use requiring a package store
permit by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
58. Paint Shop, but excluding all cooking or baking or varnish, paint or lacquer.
59. Private Club —Shall be as defined by Article 666 -15e of Vernon's Annotated Penal
Code and amendments thereto.
60. Railroad Track and Right -of -Way, but not including railroad stations, sidings, team
tracks, loading facilities, docks, yards or maintenance areas.
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61. Recreational Facility (Private) —A private recreational facility restricted to
membership or to invitation of the owner, which could include swimming pool, tennis
courts, football field, soccer field and similar recreational facilities, none of which are
available to the general public.
62. Recycling Center —A building in which recyclable material only is collected, processed,
and /or baled in preparation for shipment to others who will use those materials to
manufacture new products. This shall not include junkyards or wrecking yards.
63. Recycling Collection Center —A center for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or
purchase of recyclable materials from the public. Collection centers include reverse
vending machines or groups of reverse vending machines, a mobile recycling unit, kiosk -
type units that may include permanent structures and unattended containers placed for the
donation of recyclable materials.
64. Recycling Plant —A facility that is not a salvage yard and in which recoverable
resources, such as newspapers, magazines, books, and other paper products, glass, metal,
cans, and other products are recycled, reprocessed, and treated to return such products to
a condition in which they may again be used for production.
65. Recycling Unit, Mobile —An automobile, truck, trailer, or van that may be licensed by
the state, which is used for the collection of recycle materials. A mobile recycling unit also
means the bins, boxes, or containers transported by trucks, vans, or trailers and used for
the collection of recyclable materials.
66. Research and Development Business —A business that engages in research, or research
and development, of innovative ideas in technology- intensive fields. Examples include
research and development of computer software, information systems, communication
systems, transportation, geographic information systems, multimedia and video
technology. Development and construction of prototypes may be associated with this use.
67. Residence Home for Aged —A home where elderly people are provided with lodging
and meals with or without nursing care.
68. Retail Stores and Shops offering all types of consumer goods for sale, but excluding the
display and sale in the open outside a building, of new or used automobiles, heavy
machinery, building materials, used appliances, furniture or salvage materials.
69. School, Public or Parochial —A school under the sponsorship of a public or religious
agency having a curriculum generally equivalent to public elementary or secondary
schools, but not including private or trade or commercial schools.
70. Self- Service Storage Facility (also mini storage facility and /or mini warehouse)— A
building or group of buildings for rent or lease divided into separate compartments used to
meet the temporary storage needs of small businesses, apartment dwellers, and other
residential uses, and may include conditioned facilities; restricted to the storage of items
that are not for sale on the premises.
71. Sexually oriented businesses —An adult arcade, adult bookstore or adult video store,
adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude
model studio, or sexual encounter center.
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72. Sign, Advertising or Billboard —A display, panel or poster which advertises or
promotes a commodity or service not offered for sale on the premises where such sign is
located.
73. Sign, business —A panel, display or device which advertises or promotes commodities
or services offered on the premises where such signs are located.
74. Signs, Real Estate — Temporary signs pertaining to the sale or rental of property not
exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area and advertising property only for a use for which
it is legally zoned.
75. Signs, Church and Schools —Name plates and bulletin boards for schools and churches,
but not exceeding thirty (30) square feet in area and not of a flashing, intermittent,
revolving or similarly lighted type.
76. Solar Energy Storage Facility— Equipment consisting of containers, heat exchanges,
piping and other transfer mechanisms (including fluids, gases, or solids), controls and
related structural support for transporting and storing collected energy (from solar energy
systems), including structural elements designed for use in passive solar energy systems.
77. Solar Farm - The components and subsystems required to convert solar energy into
electric or thermal energy suitable to supply merchant power to the electric grid. The area
of the system includes all the land inside the perimeter of the system, which extends to any
fencing, land area required for setbacks, landscaping and signage. This term applies, but is
not limited to, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and solar thermal systems. This term does
not apply to roof mounted on any code - compliant structure, ground mounted and in
compliance with necessary structure provisions as shall be contained within the City of
Paris Zoning Ordinance, or any building integrated solar (i.e., shingle, hanging solar,
canopy).
78. Storefront Church— A store or similar structure not typically used for religious
activities that is used as a meeting place for a religious congregation.
79. Substance Abuse Treatment Facility— A facility for the purposes of temporary or long-
term inpatient treatment of victims of drug use or addiction.
80. Tanning Studio— Any business that uses artificial lighting systems to produce a tan on
an individual's body. This use specifically excludes spas, gymnasiums, athletic clubs, health
clubs, and any exercise equipment.
81. Tattoo Parlor /Body- Piercing Studio— An establishment whose principal business
activity, either in terms of operation or as held out to the public, is the practice of one or
more of the following: (1) placing of designs, letters, figures, symbols, or other instruments
designed to contact or puncture the skin; (2) creation of an opening in the body of a person
for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration.
82. Telephone Line and Exchange, but not including public business facilities, storage or
repair facilities.
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83. Temporary Field Offices— Portable building or temporary building used as field office
for a real estate development or construction project and subject to removal at direction of
the Building Inspector.
84. Wholesale Establishment— An establishment or place of business primarily engaged
in selling and /or distributing merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial,
institutional, or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or
brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or
companies. This is not considered a general commercial use.
85. Wine and Beer Retail Sales Store —A building or structure designed for or intended for
a use requiring a permit or permits for sale of wine, ales, and /or beer and malt liquors by
the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
86. Youth Hostel— A place where travelers may stay for a limited duration, as recognized
by the International Hostel Association.
87. The display of plants offered for sale must be behind the front yard line established in
the district in which the nursery or greenhouse is located.
88. Equipment in Self- Service Laundry and Dry Cleaning Establishment to be of similar size
as customarily found in the home and of the customer self - service type and not a
commercial laundry or cleaning plant.
89. No direct exterior exhaust from cleaning plant permitted and dust must be controlled
by either bag or filter and separator or precipitator so as to eliminate the exhausting of
dust, odor, fumes or noise outside the plant.
90. All exterior display of furniture, appliances or similar material must be behind the
front yard line established in the district in which the use is located. Said exterior display
shall be limited to approved garage sales or other family- oriented activities and only
allowed in residential zoning districts.
91. Light manufacturing processes which do not emit detectable dust, odor, smoke, gas or
fumes or other Performance Standards criteria beyond the boundary property lines of the
lot or tract upon which the use is located and which do not generate noise or vibration at
the boundary of the LI District which is generally perceptible in frequency or pressure
above the ambient level of noise in the adjacent areas and including, but not limited to such
uses as:
a. Woodworking and planing mill with dust and noise control.
b. Textile manufacture with dust and odor control.
c. Ceramic and pottery manufacture with dust, odor and fume control.
d. Plastic products manufacture with dust and fume control.
e. Paint, oil, shellac and lacquer manufacture when hoods and fume destructors
are used in the cooking process.
f. Grain processing with hoods, dust and odor controls.
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g. Electroplating or battery making with acid, fume and odor controls.
h. Manufacturing or industrial operations of any type or other Performance
Standards criteria which meet the general conditions set forth above and which
are not offensive by the reason of the emission of noise, odor, smoke, gas, fumes,
dust, glare or the creation of a hazard, but specifically excluding the uses listed in
paragraph 91 following.
92. Any manufacturing, industrial servicing or storage process not prohibited by law
except the following uses may be located in the HI District upon approval by the City
Council in accordance with the procedure established in Section 12.
a. Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture.
b. Cotton gin or compress.
c. Petroleum and petroleum products refining and manufacture.
d. Petroleum tank farm.
e. Petrochemical plant.
f. Wrecking yard or salvage yard.
g. Any use which due to the possible emission of excessive smoke, noise, gas,
fumes, dust, odor or vibration or danger of explosion or fire or other Performance
Standards criteria is presently or in the future is determined a hazard and subject
to special control.
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