2002-133-RES REFER PETITION TO P&Z COMMISSION REGARDING ABANDONMENT OF A 50' WIDE STREET KNOWN AS CR 42602A
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-133
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, REFERRING A PETITION TO THE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF A 50
FOOT WIDE STREET KNOWN AS COUNTY ROAD 42602, AND ALSO
KNOWN AS SIMMONS DRIVE IN THE SUBURBAN ESTATES ADDITION,
BETWEEN PINE MILL ROAD AND NOLES DRIVE BEGINNING AT THE
WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF MOCKINGBIRD LANE GOING WEST
APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET TO THE END OF SAID SIMMONS DRIVE;
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 50 foot wide street known as County Road 42602, and also
known as Simmons Drive, be abandoned from the West boundary line of Mockingbird Lane going
West approximately 150 feet to the end of said Simmons Drive, located between Pine Mill Road
and Noles Drive; 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 Bldg., Room 1016, at 2400
Clarksville, 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 50 foot wide street known as County Road
42602, and also known as Simmons Drive, from the west boundary line of Mockingbird Lane
going west 150 feet to the end of said Simmons Drive, between Pine Mill Road and Noles Drive,
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
Bldg., Room 1016, at 2400 Clarksville, 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 Bldg., Room 1016, at 2400 Clarksville, 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. P est ,Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: