2001-027-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ON LOT 7 CITY BLOCK 189 REQUESTED BY LEROY CLARKSON
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-027
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 7, CITY BLOCK 189,
REQUESTED BY LEROY CLARKSON, AGENT FOR BOBBY
STILLWELL, OWNER, SO AS TO INCLUDE THEREIN TERRITORY
FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS A TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
(2F); DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT (C) SO ESTABLISHED; PROVIDING FORA PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS 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 7, CITY BLOCK
189, on property requested by LEROY CLARKSON, AGENT FOR BOBBY STILLWELL,
OWNER, so as to include in such COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) the hereinafter described
property, which was formerly and is presently designated as a TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
DISTRICT (2F), and that the boundaries of said COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C), 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 Asa Jarman Survey, No. 479, about 3/4th of
a mile west of the City of Paris Courthouse on the north side of Bonham Street
(formerly Paris Boulevard), being Lot 7, City Block 189, and being the same property
described as Tract One in deed from James Edward Andrew to Bobby Stillwell
recorded June 26, 2000, in Volume 987, Page 115, Real Property Records of Lamar
County, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the north boundary line of Bonham Street at a
point 70 feet west from the southwest comer of a lot conveyed by M. M. Fowler to
John H. Helm by deed dated July 29, 1892, and recorded in Volume 72, Page 390,
Lamar County Deed Records;
THENCE West with said north boundary line a distance of70 feet to a stake;
THENCE North a distance of 150 feet to a stake in the south boundary line
of a 20 foot wide alley;
THENCE East with the south boundary line of said alley a distance of70 feet
to a stake;
THENCE South a distance of 150 feet to the place of beginning, and being the
same property described in deed from Ralph Edward Deyhle to Crow Laundry &
Cleaners, dated November 2, 1994, and recorded in Volume 487, Page 229, Lamar
County Real Property Records, being number 1334 Bonham Street.
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
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 June 1, 200 I.
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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ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
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