2003-015-ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ON LOT 7 CITY BLOCK 307-B REQUESTED BY CHARLES STERLING
ORDINANCE NO.2003-015
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1710, THE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AND CHANGING
THE BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY THE ZONING MAP OF SAID
CITY; ESTABLISIDNG A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) WITH SPECIFIC
USE PERMIT (52) SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS ON LOT 7, CITY BLOCK
307-B, REQUESTED BY CARLES STERLING, PROSPECTIVE OWNER,
SO AS TO INCLUDE THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED
AS AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A); DESIGNATING THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) WITH SPECIFIC
USE PERMIT (52) SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS SO ESTABLISHED;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS 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 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, 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
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (52) SIGNS AND
BILLBOARDS be, and the same is hereby, established on LOT 7, CITY BLOCK 307-B, on
property to belong to CARLES STERLING, so as to include in such COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
(C) WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (52) SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS 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) WITH SPECIFIC USE
PERMIT (52) SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS 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 Reddin Russell Survey #786 and
Thomas Askins Survey #6, and being a 70.32 acre tract of land conveyed George
Parr by deed recorded in Volume 352, Page 238 of the Deed Records of said
County and State, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake for corner in the East Boundary Line of the S.L.
and S. F. Railroad at the Southwest corner of said Parr tract of land;
THENCE North 89 Deg. East a distance of 229 ft. to a stake for corner at
the present Southeast corner of said tract of land;
THENCE along the West Boundary Line of U.S. Highway 271 as follows:
North 8 Deg. East a distance of 33 ft.; North 6 Deg. 30 Min. East a distance of
130.5 ft.; North 14 Deg. 30 Min. East a distance of 542 ft.; North 16 Deg. East
a distance of 532 ft.; Northeasterly around a curve to the right a distance of 357 ft.;
North 20 Deg. East a distance of 1877 ft.; North 15 Deg. 30 Min. East a distance
of 126 ft.; Northeasterly around a curve to the left a distance of 1425 ft.; North 20
Deg. 30 Min. West a distance of 128 ft.; North 5 Deg. East a distance of 16 ft. to
a stake for corner in the South Boundary Line of a County Road, said point being
the present Northeast corner of said Parr tract of land;
THENCE North 89 Deg. 25 Min. West a distance of 1147 ft. to a stake for
corner at the Northwest corner of said Parr tract of land;
THENCE South 5 Deg. West along the East Boundary Line of said S.L.
and S.F. Railroad a distance of 4981 ft. to the place of beginning and containing
85.63 acres ofland, and being number 3995 N. Main 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
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, 2003.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris, in regular session on
this the 8th day of May, 2003.
, Mayor
Curtis Fendley
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: