2002-134-RES REFER REQUEST FOR ABANDONMENT OF A STREET KNOWN AS 3RD ST SE
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-134
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, REFERRING A REQUEST BY ADJACENT PROPERTY
OWNERS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE
ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF A STREET KNOWN AS 3RD
STREET S.E., IN THE TEXAS & PACIFIC ADDITION, BEGINNING AT
THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF PARIS BOULEVARD GOING NORTH
TO SYCAMORE STREET; SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS; MAKING
OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is in receipt of a petition from adjacent
property owners requesting that a portion of the street known as 3rd Street S.E. be abandoned
from Paris Boulevard to Sycamore Street; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the citizens of Paris that such
request for street abandonment be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City
of Paris and that a recommendation be made to the City Council for final action; and,
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that a public hearing to receive input from the general
public on the proposed abandonment be set before the Planning and Zoning Commission at 5:30
p.m., on the 3rd day of September, 2002, and before the City Council at 6:00 p.m. on the 5th day
of September, 2002 in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology Building, Room 1016,2400
Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That the matter of abandoning a portion of the street known as 3rd Street S. E.
from Paris Boulevard to Sycamore Street be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Planning and
Zoning Commission of the City of Paris for its recommendation.
Section 3. That a public hearing be held by and before the Planning and Zoning
Commission of the City of Paris at 5:30 p.m. in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology
Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas, on the 3rd day of September, 2002,
and that a public hearing be held by and before the City Council of the City of Paris at 6:00 p.m.
in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville St., Paris,
Texas, on the 5th day of September, 2002, said public hearings to be held concerning the
abandonment of said street.
Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 12th day of August, 2002.
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Michael J. st ayor
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: