2006-015-ORD-lot 4, city block 259 Jim Coplin
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-015
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE
CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AND CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES
ESTABLISHED BY THE ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY; ESTABLISHING
A MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT (MF-1) ON LOT 4, CITY
BLOCK 259, ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO JIM COPLIN, SO AS TO
INCLUDE THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED ASA ONE-
FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.2 (SF-2) ; DESIGNATING THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT (MF-1)
SO ESTABLISHED; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
$2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES ORP ARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, has previously received a
request for an amendment to the zoning ordinance of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has subsequently referred said request for amendment to the
Planning and Zoning Commission for its review and recommendation in accordance with the City
zoning ordinance and State law; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission did conduct a public hearing on said
proposed amendment to the City zoning ordinance and, following said hearing, made formal
recommendation to the City Council regarding said proposed change; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City of Paris did subsequently conduct a public hearing
on the aforesaid 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 plan ofthe City of Paris, consistent with the City zoning
ordinance, and in the best interests and to the benefit ofthe public health, safety, and welfare of the
citizens of the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, 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 boundaries heretofore established by the Zoning Map and Ordinance No.
1710 of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, changed, and that a MULTI-
FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT (MF-I) be, and the same is hereby, established on LOT 4, CITY
BLOCK 259, on property belonging to JIM COPLIN, so as to include in such MULTI-FAMILY
DWELLING DISTRICT (MF-I) the hereinafter described property, which was formerly and is
presently designated as a ONE-F AMIL Y DWELLING DISTRICT NO. 2 (SF-2), and that the
boundaries of said MUL TI-F AMIL Y DWELLING DISTRICT (MF-1) be, and the same are hereby,
established as follows:
SITUATED within the corporate limits ofthe City of Paris, County of Lamar,
and State of Texas, being a part ofthe Hiram Williams Survey within the corporate
limits of the City of Paris, described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the North Boundary Line of East Cherry Street at
a point 291 feet East of the intersection of the East Boundary Line of 25th Street
Northeast with the North Boundary Line of East Cherry Street;
THENCE North a distance of 180 feet to a stake;
THENCE East a distance of 80 feet to a stake;
THENCE South a distance of 180 feet to a stake;
THENCE West a distance of 80 feet to the place of beginning, and being the
same property described in deed from A. W. Clem, Trustee, to Esther Maddox
Yeager, dated July 3, 1990, recorded in Vol. 168, Page 5, Real Property Records of
Lamar County, Texas, and the same property described in deed from Esther Maddox
Yeager to Lashea Dionne Brown, dated October 26, 1990, recorded in VoL 185, Page
141, Real Property Records of Lamar County, Texas, reference being made to all the
above mentioned instruments and records for all necessary purposes, being number
2565 East Cherry Street.
Section 3. That the Chief Building Official ofthe City of Paris be, and he is hereby, directed
to change the Zoning Map of the City of Paris in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No.
1710 and the land use map accompanying the same, and in accordance with the provisions of this
ordinance.
Section 4. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a Misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $2,000.00, and each
and every day's continuance of any violation of the above-enumerated sections shall constitute and
be deemed a separate offense.
Section 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall become effective May 1, 2006.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris, in regular session on
this the 10th day of April, 2006.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Lestock, Asst. City Attorney