20 - Amend Zoning Ordinance 1710 Section 12-100(33)Item No. 20
TO: Mayor & City Council
Grayson Path, City Manager
FROM: Andrew Mack, Director of Planning & Community Development
SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance No. 1710, Section 12-100(33)
DATE: May 24, 2021
BACKGROUND: This is a clean-up amendment to remove Section 12-100(33) because it
conflicts with Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances, Article 4.08, Manufactured Homes, Mobile
Homes and Special Vehicles, and because it conflicts with recent changes to the zoning
ordinance restricting the location of mobile homes to the Light Industrial (LI) zoning district and
in mobile home parks.
STATUS OF ISSUE:
The operative text of the ordinance will be as follows:
Section That the City of Paris Zoning Ordinance No. 1710, Section 12-100(33) regarding
specific use permits for mobile homes in various zoning districts shall be deleted in its entirety.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the Ordinance amending Zoning
Ordinance No. 1710, Section 12-100(33) by deleting it.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
AMENDING CITY ORDINANCE NO. 1315, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OF
THE CITY OF PARIS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, TO REPEAL SECTION
12-100(33) RELATING TO MOBILE HOMES; PROVIDING A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, by city Ordinance No. 1315, the City Council of the City of Paris enacted a
Subdivision Ordinance to regulate subdivision and development of land located inside the
corporate City limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Paris, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, on January 9, 2017, by Ordinance No. 2017-002, the City Council adopted
Chapter 4, Article 4.08, "Manufactured Homes, Mobile Homes and Special Vehicles"
restricting the placement of mobile homes and manufactured homes to manufactured home
parks, and furthermore, the City Council amended Zoning Ordinance 1710, Sec. 8-101
restricting manufactured home parks to the Light Industrial (LI) zoning district; and,
WHEREAS, in an oversight, said Ordinance 1315 Section 12-100(33), relating to
specific use permits for mobile homes in various zoning districts, in conflict with the changes
made by Ordinance No. 2017-002, was not deleted; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to repeal Subdivision Ordinance Section 12-
100(33) to make it consistent with the changes made by Ordinance 2017-002; and
WHEREAS, at its May 3, 2021 meeting, after conducting a public hearing, the Planning
and Zoning Commission considered the repeal of Section 12-100(33) and made formal
recommendation to the City Council to approve the requested amendment; and
WHEREAS, at the May 24, 2021 meeting of the Paris City Council, the City Council,
after conducting a public hearing, 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 the proposed changes to the City's Subdivision
Ordinance, as set out below, are in the best interest of the city and its citizens and should be
approved.
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 City Ordinance No. 1315, Section 12-100(33) regarding specific use
permits for mobile and manufactured homes in various zoning districts shall be repealed in
its entirety.
Section 3. 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 4. 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 S. 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 6. 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. 1.01.009 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 7. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and
publication as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 24th day of May, 2021.
Paula Portugal, Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney