1337 W Houston - Variance for 300sf minimum to 1500sf structure requirement and 10' to minimum 60' lot width requirementW1 ach HTher
DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, CITY OF PARIS.) TEXAS
RE: 13 3 7 W Houston St- Variance Requests
R4U Ventures LLC
Michael White
210 W Main St, STE 130
Gun Barrel City, TX 75156
ACTION REQUESTED: 300sf variance to minimum 1500sf structure requirement.
10' variance to minimum 60' lot width requirement.
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The above -referenced requests were approved by the Cit, of Pans honing Board of Adjustment
("Board") on 1/6/2026 by a vote of ayes, nays and abstaining.
On this date, the Board found that the requests meet the conditions set forth'm the City of Paris
Area Regulations Ordinance, Sections 9-402.1(2) and 9-201 (1).
Appeal: Any interested person wishing to appeal this Board decision is required to file a petition
for Writ of Certiorari in a district court, county court or county court at law within ten (10) days
of the date this decision is filed in the Board's office consistent with section 211.011 of the Texas
Local Government Code.
The Board of Adjustment hereby approves the variance requests based upon the following
findings.
1. The proposed lot is plated.
2. The request is for a reduced structure of 1200 SF in lieu of required 1500 SF and lot width
of 50 SF instead of 60 SF. The current land configuration is lot 2, Block 190 of the R4U
Addition. Mr. Michael White has re -plated his lots (1&2) on Houston Street. There is a
ten -foot (10) plated Right -of -Way (ROW) dedication fronting Houston Street, and the lot
width indicates 50 SF. All other requirements are met. The applicant can meet the
minimum structure of 1500 SF ifhe chooses. He is requesting for the structure variance of
300 SF because some other residential structures within the vicinity also do not meet the
minimum structure size of 1500 SF. The proposed home to be constructed on the lot will
be 1200 SF. The approved lot width is plated as 50 SF instead of the required minimum of
60 SF. The proposed house meets all the other zoning requirements.
3. Inv "ably, apart from the Zoning Ordinance 1710 Section 9-402.1 (2) and Section 9-201
(1) that refers to structure size and lot width, the proposed lot meets the minimum required
length, front, rear and side yards setback per the code. The request, if approved will be in
harmony with the general purposes and intent of area regulations for residential buildings
and lot regulations in Single -Family Dwelling -(SF -2) District contained in and will protect
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the character of the immediate vicinity of the area.
4.There are no special or unique condition(s) of restricted area, that exists on the subject
parcel of land that causes unusual and practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship in
compliance with the provisions sought here to be van* ed, other than the ten (10) foot ROW
dedication that was required on Houston Street and limited land to meet the minimum lot
width of 60 feet, irrespectively.
5. The hardship sought to be avoided is not necessarily the result of (a) the applicant's own
actions (self-imposed or self-created) because of approved plated lot width of 50 feet and
other properties enjoy same structure size within the vicinity which may cause (b)
economic or financial "hardship" should the application be denied.
6. The provision of the ordinance regulation that is sought to be varied, will deprive the
applicant of reasonable rights to use property that are commonly enjoyed by other
properties such as structure size and lot width variances in the Single -Fa wily Dwelling
(SF -2) Zoning District which are required to comply with these same ordinance
provisions.
This decision was filed, in the Board's office on 1/6/2026.
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