2003-001-ORD AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 AND CHANGING BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY ON LOT 1 CITY BLOCK 307-B ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO RALPH ROOKS
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ORDINANCE NO. 2003-001
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; ESTABLISIllNG
A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C) ON LOT 1, CITY BLOCK 307-B, ON
PROPERTY BELONGING TO RALPH ROOKS, 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 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 ordmance 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 Conunission 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 Conunission 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 LOT 1, CITY BLOCK
307-B, on property belonging to RALPH ROOKS, so as to include in such COMMERCIAL
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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:
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
being a called 1.95 acre tract of land conveyed Hannah Bailey by deed recorded in
Volume 221, Page 546 of the Deed Records of said County and State, and being
more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron pin (s) for corner at the southeast corner of said
1.95 acre tract, said point being the northeast corner of a called 1 acre tract ofland
conveyed the Frisco School by deed recorded in Volume 56, Page 275, of said
Records;
THENCE South 88 Deg. 33 Min. 37 Sec. West along an old fence a
distance of 270.92 ft. to an iron pin (s) for corner at the southwest corner of said
1.95 acre tract and the northwest corner of said 1 acre tract;
THENCE North 4 Deg. 15 Min. 02 Sec. East along the east boundary line
of the Kiarnichi Railroad a distance of 492.06 feet to a point for corner at the
northwest corner of said 1.95 acre tract and the southwest corner of a called 0.798
acre tract of land conveyed Ralph Rooks by deed recorded in Volume 868, Page
295 of the Real Property Records of said County and State;
THENCE North 88 Deg. 03 Min. 43 Sec. East at 0.57 feet passing an iron
pin (1) and continuing on along an old post line a total distance of 231.30 feet. to
an iron pin (frs) for comer at the northeast corner of said 1.95 acre tract and the
southeast corner of said 0.798 acre tract;
THENCE along the west boundary line of U.S. Hwy 271 as follows:
Southerly around a curve (R=931.47', C= South 1 Deg. 05 Min. 24 Sec. East a
distance of 15.02 feet) to the left a distance of 15.02 feet; South 1 Deg. 33 Min.
07 Sec. East a distance of 164.99 feet; Southerly around a curve (R=3879.7',
C=South 0 Deg. 30 Min. 19 Sec. West a distance of 278.56 feet) to the left a
distance of278.62 feet to a concrete marker (1); South 1 Deg. 33 Min. 07 Sec. East
a distance of 33.23 feet to the place of beginning and containing 2.833 acres of
land, being located in the 3700 block of 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.
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Section 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall become effective February 1, 2003.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris, in regular session on
this the 13th day of January, 2003.
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: