2001-050-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITYI ON LOT 2 CITY BLOCK 255-A ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO JEAN E TOWNSDIN
ORDINANCE NO, 2001-050
AN ORDINANCE 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 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.1 (MF-l) ON LOT 2,
CITY BLOCK 255-A, ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO JEAN E.
TOWNSDIN, SO AS TO INCLUDE THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY
DESIGNATED AS A ONE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.2 (SF-2);
DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MULTIPLE-FAMILY
DWELLING DISTRICT NO.1 (MF-l) SO ESTABLISHED; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,00; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES ORP ARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
AND PROVIDING 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 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, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble of 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 MULTIPLE-
FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO. I (MF-I) be, and the same is hereby, established on LOT
2, CITY BLOCK 255-A, on property belonging to JEAN E. TOWNSDIN, so as to include in such
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.1 (MF-l) 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 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.1
(MF-l), be, and the same are hereby, established as follows:
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar,
and State of Texas, being a part of the Hiram Williams Survey, a part of Lot 8
allotted to Maggie Vanlandingham and a part of the same property described in a
deed from PercyN. James and wife to Harry A. Ventura and wife, on May 13,1942,
recorded in Volume 265, Page 59, Lamar County Deed Records, also being the same
property described in deed to Carl Hardy from H. C. Slate and wife, Mildred Slate,
dated October 31, 1950, and recorded in Volume 313, Page 157, Lamar County Deed
Records, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the southeast comer of said tract;
THENCE West with the north boundary line of Houston Street a distance of
90 feet;
THENCE North a distance of 272 1/2 feet;
THENCE East a distance of 90 feet to the northeast comer of said tract;
THENCE South a distance of 272 1/2 feet to the place of beginning, being
number 2551 E. Price Street.
Section 3. That the ChiefBuilding Official of the 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
ofa 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 October 1, 2001.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris, in regular session on
this the 6th day of September, 2001.
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
, ity Attorney