2024-033 - Amending Planning and Zoning Commission - formally reducing board to seven membersORDINANCE NO. 2024-033
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
AMENDING DIVISION 2, "PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION," OF
CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
TO FORMALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS FROM NINE (9) TO
SEVEN (7) TO CONFORM WITH CURRENT PRACTICE AND ADJUSTING THE
NUMBER OF MEMBERS REQUIRED TO MAKE A QUORUM ACCORDINGLY;
MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Division 2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris
provides for the creation of a Planning and Zoning Commission (the "Commission") has
provided for in Chapter 211 of the Texas Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City created said Commission, and the Commission has been in
existence for decades; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.03.031 provides that the Commission be composed of nine (9)
members; and
WHEREAS, between 1999 and 2000, City Council reduced the number of
Commissioners from nine (9) to seven (7) to better correspond with other boards and
commissions of the city and to make it easier to fill vacancies on the Commission but did not
amend Sec. 2.03.031 accordingly; and
WHEREAS, on September 5, 2024, the Commission discussed whether to remain at
seven members or to ask the City Council to appoint two (2) additional members, and agreed
to recommend to City Council to leave the composition of the Commission at seven; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the city to amend the
ordinance so that it conforms with current practice;
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 and are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
Section 2. That Sections 2.03.031 and 2.03.038 are hereby amended to read as
follows:
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"§ 2.03.031. Created; composition.
There is hereby created and established within and for the city a planning and zoning
commission, composed of nine (9) seven (7], members, whose offices are hereby created."
"§ 2.03.038. Quorum.
Five Four 4 members of the planning and zoning commission shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business."
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, Texas 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, Texas,
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. This ordinance shall be effective upon passage and publication as
required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 23rd day of September, 2024.
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