2003-021-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ON LOT 8 CITY BLOCK 361 ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO BENTON RAINEY
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-021
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE
CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AND CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES
ESTABLISHED BY THE ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY; ESTABLISIDNG
A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) ON PART OF LOT 8, CITY BLOCK 361,
ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO BENTON RAINEY, SO AS TO INCLUDE
THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS A ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING DISTRICT NO.2 (SF-2); DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) 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) be, and the same is hereby, established on PART OF LOT 8,
CITY BLOCK 361, on property belonging to BENTON RAINEY, so as to include in such
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) the hereinafter described property, which was formerly and is
presently designated as a ONE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO.2 (SF-2), 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 Joseph Leach Survey, Abstract 524,
and being a part of a called 89.746 acre tract conveyed to Benton Rainey by a deed
as recorded in Volume 844, Page 254, of the Real Property Records of Lamar
County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a 3/8" iron pin at the Southeast corner of a called 1.881
acre tract conveyed to Benton Rainey by a deed recorded in Volume 844, Page
238, of the Real Property Records of said Lamar County, Texas, said Southeast
corner of said 1.881 acre tract being a Southwest comer of called 89.746 acre tract.
THENCE North 4 Deg. 34 Min. 27 Sec. East a distance of 324.11 ft. to a
metal post at the Northeast comer of said called 1.881 acre tract and at an el comer
of said called 89.746 acre tract, said post being the Northwest comer of this tract;
THENCE South 83 Deg. 57 Min. 16 Sec. East a distance of268.8 ft. to an
iron rod at the Northeast comer of this tract;
THENCE South 4 Deg. 34 Min. 27 Sec. West a distance of 324.11 ft to an
iron rod at the Southeast comer of this tract;
THENCE North 83 Deg. 57 Min. 16 Sec. West along the North side of
Farm Road 1507 and Jefferson Road a distance of 268.8 ft. to the place of
beginning, containing a total of2 acres ofland, and being located in the 3400 block
of Jefferson Road.
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 fmed in any sum not to exceed $2,000.00, and
each and every day I 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 July 1, 2003.
PASSED AND ADOPfED by the City Council of the City of Paris, in regular session on
this the 5th day of June, 2003.
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk