2001-026-1-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ON LOT 2 CITY BLOCK 342 ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO KENNETH SCOTT BAXLEY
ORDINANCE NO.
2001-026 -1
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 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) ON LOT 2, CITY BLOCK 342, ON
PROPERTY BELONGING TO KENNETH SCOTT BAXLEY, OWNER, SO
AS TO INCLUDE THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS
AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A); DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) 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 OF JUNE 1,2001.
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 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 ofthe 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
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) be, and the same is hereby, established on LOT 2, CITY BLOCK
342, on property belonging to KENNETH SCOTT BAXLEY, so as to include in such
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) the hereinafter described property, which was formerly and is
presently designated as an AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A), and that the boundaries of said
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C), be, and the same are hereby, established as follows:
All those certain tracts or parcels ofland in Lamar County, Texas, described
in deed as Tracts One and Two from Freeman Roxie Safford to Kenneth Scott
Baxley, recorded in Volume 1004, Page 200, Real Property Records of Lamar
County, Texas, being number 2800 3rd Street S.E., and being more particularly
described as follows:
Tract One:
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar,
and State of Texas, being a part of the James King Survey, Abstract No. 511, and
being a part ofa 50 acre tract ofland described in deed recorded in Volume 286, Page
107, Lamar County Deed Records, being part of Lot 2, City Block 342, and being
more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the east boundary line ofFM Highway No.
1497, this point being 40 feet east of the west boundary line of the King Survey, and
184 feet north and 40 feet east of the southwest comer of the above-mentioned 50
acre tract ofland;
THENCE East a distance of 313 feet to an iron pipe;
THENCE North a distance of288 feet to an iron pipe in the south boundary
line of Loop 286;
THENCE with the south boundary line of Loop 286 as follows: South 81
Deg. 55 Min. West a distance of229 feet to a concrete monument; South 40 Deg. 30
Min. West a distance of 122.5 feet to a concrete monument;
THENCE South with the east boundary line ofFM Highway No. 1497 a
distance of 182 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1. 848 acres ofland, and
being the same property described in deed to Francis R. Safford and wife, Freeman
R Safford, dated November 19, 1973, of record in Volume 553, Page 798, Lamar
County Deed Records; reference being made to all the above-mentioned instruments
and records for all necessary purposes.
Tract Two:
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar,
and State of Texas, being a part of the James King Survey, and being a part ofa 76.8
acre tract ofland described in deed from Nellie Brooks Bradley et al to W. Claude
Walker on February 21, 1947, recorded in Volume 290, Page 565, Lamar County
Deed Records, being part of Lot 2, City Block 342, and being more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the east boundary line ofF. M. Highway No, 1497
at a point 182 feet south of the south boundary line of Loop 286, said point being also
422 feet south and 40 feet east from the northwest comer of said Bradley et ai-Walker
76.8 acre tract ofland;
THENCE East a distance of 313 feet to a stake;
THENCE South a distance of209 feet to a stake;
THENCE West a distance 0013 feet to a stake;
THENCE North with the east boundary line ofF. M. Highway No. 1497 a
distance of209 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.5 acre ofland, reference
being made to the above-mentioned instruments and records for all necessary
purposes; said tracts described herein being number 2800 3rd Street S.E.
Section 3. That the Chief Building 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
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 June 1, 2001.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris, in regular session on this
the 10th day of May, 2001.
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, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: