2018-032 Approving and Adopting an Updated Comprehensive PlanORDINANCE N0. 2018-032
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
RESCINDING ALL PRIOR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS OR PARTS THEREOF
IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND
PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER
CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 213, of the Local Government Code empowers municipalities
for the purpose of promoting sound development and promoting public health, safety, and
welfare to adopt a comprehensive plan for the long range development of said
municipalities; and,
WHEREAS, Chapter 213 of the Local Government Code empowers a municipality to
define the content and design of a comprehensive plan; and,
WHEREAS, Chapter 213 of the Local Government Code provides that a
comprehensive plan may:
1. Include but is not limited to provisions on land use, transportation, and
public facilities;
2. Consist of a single plan or a coordinated set of plans organized by subject and
geographic areas; and
3. Be used to coordinate and guide the establishment of development
regulations; and,
WHEREAS, the adoption of the proposed Comprehensive Plan shall not, in
accordance with Section 213.004 of the Local Government Code, limit the ability of the City
of Paris to prepare other plans, policies, or' strategies related to land use and land use
planning as required; and,
WHEREAS, the latest and currently adopted City of Paris, Texas Comprehensive
Plan was approved and adopted in September, 2001, and,
WHEREAS, said 2001 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Plan and said Land Use
Plan Definitions were amended and adopted in May, 2008, and,
WHEREAS, said 2001 and 2008 Comprehensive Plan and said Comprehensive Plan
amendments are recommended to be updated, and,
WHEREAS, on August 20, 2018, a Joint Paris Planning and Zoning Commission and
Paris City Council Work Session was held and city staff presented and answered questions
and comments pertaining thereto, and submitted said proposed Updated 2018 Paris, Texas
Comprehensive Plan document to said Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council
members present; and,
WHEREAS, after said Joint Work Session, the city staff provided copies of said
proposed Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan on the City of Paris Website, in the Paris
Public Library, and in the City of Paris City Hall Annex building; and,
WHEREAS, on September 18, 2018, the Paris Planning and Zoning Commission
conducted a public hearing on said Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan, whereby the public
was given the opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence with regard to
said Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan, and,
WHEREAS, following the process of the public hearing and deliberation by the Paris
Planning and Zoning Commission, the commission forwarded said proposed 2018 Updated
Comprehensive Plan to the Paris City Council with its recommendation for approval
thereof, and,
WHEREAS, on October 8, 2018, the Paris City Council conducted a public hearing on
said Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan, whereby the public was given the opportunity to
give testimony and present written evidence with regard to said Updated 2018
Comprehensive Plan, and,
WHEREAS, the Paris City Council desires to adopt the aforesaid Proposed Updated
2018 Comprehensive Plan as the new and latest comprehensive plan for the City of Paris,
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 said Comprehensive Plan was presented at public hearings before
the City of Paris, Texas, Planning and Zoning Commission, and following said public hearing
was forwarded with a recommendation of approval to the City of Paris, Texas City Council,
and is found to be acceptable to the City Council as the same is attached hereto and for all
purposes incorporated herein as Exhibit A, and in all things is approved as the 2018
Updated Comprehensive Plan for the City of Paris, Texas.
Section 3. That certain parts of the Paris 2001 Comprehensive Plan and 2008
Comprehensive Plan still remain relevant, and that any parts of said 2001 and/or 2008
Comprehensive Plans that are in conflict with the 2018 Updated Comprehensive Plan, said
2018 Comprehensive Plan recommendations shall supersede said conflicts.
Section 4. That approval of the aforesaid Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan as set
out herein shall include approval of all maps, exhibits, appendices, text, and other materials
associated therewith.
Section S. That approval of said plan is not intended to nor shall it constitute zoning
regulations or the establishment of zoning district boundaries, and that pursuant to Section
213.005 of the Local Government Code, any and all maps included in said comprehensive
plan, if the same are not already so designated, shall be and are hereafter considered as
being marked with the following language:
"A comprehensive plan shall not constitute zoning regulations or establish zoning
district boundaries,"
Section 6. That all ordinances or portions of ordinances adopting prior plans which
are in conflict with this ordinance or the Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan adopted
herein shall be and are hereafter repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 7. That if any chapter, section, paragraph, sentence, or other portion of the
aforesaid Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan adopted herein shall be or is hereafter
determined by a court of appropriate jurisdiction to in any way conflict with or be contrary
to the constitution and laws of the United States or the State of Texas, the aforesaid finding
of illegality shall render unenforceable only that portion of said plan so determined to be
unlawful, it being the intention of the City Council that the terms and provisions of said
Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan adopted herein shall be and are hereby severable, and
the remaining terms and provisions of said Updated 2018 Comprehensive Plan not affected
by said determination of illegality shall remain in full force and affect.
Section 8. 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 9. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 8th day of October, 2018, by the City Council of the
City of Paris, in regular session, following notice and publication as required by law.
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Ellis, City Clerk
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Step is ie H. Harris, City Attorney