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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING
OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 312024
The Board of Adjustment of the City of Paris met for a regular session at 12 p.m. on
September 3, 2024, at the City of Paris- City Hall, Council Chambers located at 107 E
Kaufman St.
Present: Board Members-, David Hamilton, William Sanders,, Harley Draven, Richard
Thompson and alternate Jerry Williams.
City Representatives-, Osei Amo-Mensah and Stephanie Harris.
Absent: Ben VaugjTM
The Board ofAdjustment meeting was called to order by Chairman David Hamilton, at
12: 00 p. m.
2. Election of Officers.
A. Chairperson
David Hamilton was nominated and elected as Chairman, no other nominations were
made.
B. Tice- Chairperson
Harley Draven was nominated and elected as vice -Chairperson, no other nominations were
made.
3. Approval of minutes from previous meeting. (July 2, 2 024)
Motion was made by Richard Thompson, seconded by Harley Draven to approve minutes
for the July 2, 2024 meeting. Motion carried 5 ayes — 0 nays.
4. Public hearing to consider and take action on the petition of Monte Moore regarding a
variance to the City of'Paris Area Regulations, Section 9-402.1(2), on Lot 3, City Block
220-B, being located at 2135 E Price Street.
David Hamilton opened the public hearing.
Director of Planning and Zoning, Osei Amo-Mensah presented case to board.
Monte Moore,, of 3170 Stacy Lane, said that after speaking with staff several times he was
not aware of the square footage requirement until after he had already paid and had it
arranged for the building to be moved. Mr. Moore also spoke with several neighbors who
claim that their homes are less than 1,500 square feet. Mr. Moore believes that it is more
important to have a development lot than a vacant lot.
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There was discussion amongst the board and applicant about the remodel of the structure
and development of the lot.
Paige Unger made note of 5 input forms received in favor of the request.
Nathan Jim Bell, spoke in favor of the request.
No one else spoke in favor or opposition of the request.
Public hearing was declared closed.
There was discussion amongst the board and staff about other solutions, such as a change
of zoning the possibly correct the matter. Staff explained that changing the zoning would
not be permissible as it would create a spot zoning. There was discussion about when the
ordinance for square footage was adopted. There was also discussion about when the
applicant was informed about the square footage requirement.
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Motion was made by Richard Thompson to deny the variance to the City of Paris Area
Regulations. Motion failed due to lack of a second.
Motion was made by Harley Draven, seconded by Jerry Williams to approve the variance
to the City of Paris Area Regulations, Section 9-402.1(2). Motion carried 4 ayes - I nay,
with Richard Thomson as the dissenting vote.
Motion was made by David Hamilton, seconded by William Sanders to apply the following
conditions to the approval of the variance. Motion carried 5 ayes — 0 nays.
Conditions
1. All required setbacks must be met.
2. Lot must meet platting requirements.
5. Adjournment.