12 - Zoning Amendment - from Central Area to Commercial District - Bloc 39 - Lot 4 - 111 E. Price StreetItem No. 12
TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and City Council
Grayson Path, City Manager
FROM: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development
SUBJECT: Conduct a public hearing and take action regarding the petition of Chance
Abbott/Abbott Ventures, LLC for a zoning change from a Central Area District
(CA) to a Commercial District (C) in the City of Paris, Block 39, Lot 4, located
at 111 E Price Street, LCAD 14002.
MTG. DATE: May 22, 2023
BACKGROUND
The applicant requested a rezoning change from CA to C. There are plans to renovate a former body shop
and salvage yard into a contractor office, shop and outdoor equipment storage laydown yard. The
proposed use is prohibited in the CA District, hence the requested change as a use permitted by right in
the C District. A full remodeling of the former body shop building is proposed which has become run
down over the years and has now been vacant for quite some time. At its May 1, 2023 meeting the P&Z
recommended approval of the rezoning to City Council.
ANALYSIS
The subject property is zoned CA, is guided for General Retail on the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) and
is a vacant building with a fenced outdoor storage yard. Substantial clean-up of the property by the new
owners has occurred since the body shop and salvage operation were closed. The site does not share
characteristics of the majority of properties in the downtown CA District with buildings fully occupying
entire parcels and fronting directly onto a sidewalk. Rather it can be expected that the site will be re -used
or redeveloped with commercial characteristics similar to other uses in the Pine Bluff/North Main
Corridor with room for oft -street parking and storage for other items outside the building such as
equipment, trailers, dumpsters, etc.
• The land to the West is zoned CA, is guided for Public Lands & Institutional, and is a county
parking lot.
• The land to the North is zoned CA, is guided for General Retail, & are vacant lots.
• The land to the East is zoned CA, is guided for General Retail, and is a condemned single-family
home at 123 Price Street East and 2 non -conforming single-family homes at 137 Price St. E. & 221
2°d St. NE.
• The land to the South is Zoned CA, is guided for General Retail, and is a vacant commercial
building with off-street parking.
While the immediate surrounding properties are zoned CA, a) the properties just beyond the northern
property are all zoned Commercial, b) the change in zoning is consistent with the current FLUM (both
CA and C can exist within the General Retail FLUM), and c) it supports recent zoning map amendments
initiated by the City back in 2021 for areas east of I" Street NW and north of Pine Bluff and Graham
Streets which removed several parcels from the CA District. This change fits with anticipated
redevelopment along Pine Bluff Corridor down to Price Street, thus better associating it with the
Commercial District to the north than the CA District to the south and west.
RECOMMENDATION
P&Z and the City Staff recommends approval for the rezoning from Central Area District (CA) to a
Commercial District (C).
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ORDINANCE NO.
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, SO AS TO REZONE CITY OF PARIS BLOCK 39,
LOT 4, LOCATED AT 111 E. PRICE STREET (LCAD 14002), FROM A
CENTRAL AREA (CA) ZONING DISTRICT TO A COMMERCIAL (C) ZONING
DISTRICT; DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL
ZONING MAP OF THE CITY; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission received a request for an
amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris to rezone City of Paris Block 39, Lot
4, located at 111 E. Price Street (LCAD 14002), from a Central Area (CA) zoning district to a
Commercial (C) zoning district; and
WHEREAS, on May 1, 2023 following notice and publication as required by law, the
Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed amendment
to the City Zoning Ordinance and, following said hearing, made formal recommendation to
the City Council to approve the requested zoning; and,
WHEREAS, on May 22, 2 02 3, following notice and publication as required by law, the
City Council of the City of Paris conducted a public hearing on the 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 Future Land Use Plan of the City of Paris, consistent with the City Zoning
Ordinance, and would be in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the
citizens of the City of Paris by a vote of ayes and 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 the Official Zoning Map of the City of Paris, Texas and Zoning
Ordinance No. 1710 of the City of Paris as heretofore amended is hereby further amended to
rezone City of Paris Block 39, Lot 4, located at 111 E. Price Street (LCAD 14002), in the City
of Paris, Texas, from a Central Area (CA) zoning district to a Commercial (C) zoning district.
Section 3. That the Chief Building Official of the City of Paris be, and he is hereby,
directed to change the Official Zoning Map of the City of Paris, Texas to reflect the changes
set forth in this ordinance.
Section 4. 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 S. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and
publication as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 22nd day of May, 2023, by the City Council of the City
of Paris, in regular session, following notice and publication as required by law.
Reginald B. Hughes, Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney