2007-045-ORD-Amending Zoning Ordinance No. 1710ORDINANCE N0. 2007-045
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE N0.1710 OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO REZONE A
PART OF LOT 5, CITY BLOCK 181, CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY,
TEXAS, FROM A MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT N0.1(MF-
1) TO A MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT N0,1(MF-1) WITH
A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (5) CEMETERY OR MAUSOLEUM DIRECTING
A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE
CITY; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission received a request for amendment to the
Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris; 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 of the 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 of the City of Paris, consistent with the City zoning
ordinance, and in the best interests and to the benefit of the 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, 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 A PART
OF LOT 5, CITY BLOCK 181, City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, from MULTIPLE-FAMILY
DWELLING DISTRICT N0.1(MF-1) to MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT N0.1
(MF-1) WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (5) CEMETERY OR MAUSOLEUM, said property
being more particularly described as follows:
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar,
and State of Texas, being a part of the Larkin Rattan Survey, being a part of Lot 5,
City Block 181, on the East side of South Church Street and being the same land
conveyed to the Central Presbyterian Church of Paris, Texas, in three deeds, dated
July 5, 1916, one from Morris Fleming and wife of record in deed book 157, page
210, one from A. G. Hubbard of record in book 157, page 211, and one from Sayers
Boyd of record in deed book 160, page 108, Lamar County Deed Records, and more
particularly described in metes and bounds in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a
part hereof, being numbered 309 Church Street.
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 5. 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, ar 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 of the provisions of this ardinance 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 8. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris, in regular session on
this the 12th day of November, 2007.
ATTEST:
.
J~Aice Ellis, City Clerk
J sse James reelen, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
W. Kent McIlyar, Ci Attey
EXHIBIT "A"
SITUATED in the County of Lamar, State of Texas, within the
corporate limits of the City of Paris, a part of the Larkin Rattan Survey, being
a part of Lot 5, City Block 181, located at 309 Church Street, and being a part
of a tract of land conveyed from Sayers Boyd, recorded in Book 160, Page
108, Lamar County Deed Records, and being more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the East Boundary Line of South Church
Street, the Southwest corner of said tract of land;
THENCE North with the East Boundary Line of South Church Street,
a distance of 35 feet, a point;
THENCE East a distance of 35 feet, a point;
THENCE South a distance of 35 feet, a point in the South Boundary
Line of said tract;
THENCE West, with the South Boundary Line of said tract of land a
distance of 35 feet to the point of beginning and containing 1225 square feet,
approximately 0.028 acres of land, more or less.