2001-188-RES REFERRING PETITION TO P&Z COMMISSION REQUESTING ABAONDMENT OF 20 FOOT ALLEY
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-188
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, REFERRING A PETITION TO THE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF A
TWENTY (20) FOOT ALLEY BEGINNING AT THE WEST BOUNDARY
LINE OF 13TH STREET N.W. GOING WEST TO THE EAST BOUNDARY
LINE OF 14TH STREET N.W. LOCATED BETWEEN BONHAM STREET
(U.S. HWY 82) AND MAPLE AVENUE IN CITY BLOCK 189, SUBJECT TO
AND RESERVING THEREON A PERPETUAL TWENTY (20) FOOT
UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT; SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS;
MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is in receipt of a petition from adjacent
property owners requesting that the twenty (20) foot alley be abandoned from 13th Street N.W.
west to the east boundary line of 14th Street N.W. located between Bonham Street (U.S. Hwy.
82) and Maple Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, the City Engineer of the City of Paris has recommended the abandonment
of said alley, subject to the reservation of a perpetual twenty (20) foot wide utility and drainage
easement thereon; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the citizens of Paris that such
request for alley abandonment be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City
of Paris and that a recommendation be made to the City Council for final action; and,
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that a public hearing be set before the Planning and
Zoning Commission at 5:30 p.m. on the 7th day of January, 2002, and before the City Council
at 6:00 p.m. on the 10th day of January, 2002, in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology
Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That the matter of abandoning the twenty (20) foot alley from 13th Street
N.W. west to the east boundary line of 14th Street N.W. between Bonham Street (U.S. Hwy 82)
and Maple Avenue, subject to and reserving thereon a perpetual twenty (20) foot utility and
drainage easement, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission
of the City of Paris for its recommendation.
Section 3. That a public hearing be held by and before the Planning and Zoning
Commission of the City of Paris at 5:30 p.m. in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology
Building, ~oom 10 16, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas, on the 7th day of January, 2002, and
that a public hearing be held by and before the City Council of the City of Paris at 6:00 p.m. in
the Paris Junior College Applied Technology Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris,
Texas, on the 10th day of January, 2002, said public hearings to be held concerning the
abandoning of said alley.
Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6th day of December, 2001.
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
, City Attorney