92-048 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY AMENDING CHAPTER OF SAID CODE
ORDIPdANCE N0. 92-048
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING
THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY UF PARIS, BE REVISED BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 30 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF REINVESTMENT ZONE N0. TWO-A: REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE UATE OF OCTOBER 15, 1992.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, desires to promote the development or redevelopment of
a certain contiguous geographic area within its jurisdiction
by the creation of a reinvestment zone for commercial and
industrial tax abatement, as authorized by the Property
Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act, as amended; and,
WHEREAS, on the 15th day of October, 1992, a hearing
before the City Council was had, such date being at least
seven (7) days after the dat:e of publication of the notice of
such public hearing and the delivering of written notice to
all taxing entities which i.ncludes within its boundaries of
real property that is to be included in the proposed
reinvestment zone; and,
WHEREAS, the City at such public hearing invited any
interested person to appear and speak for or against the
creation of the reinvestment zone and whether all or part of
the territory described should be included iri the proposed
reinvestment zone, and any concerns regarding the offering of
tax abatement incentives; and,
WHEREAS, the proponents of the reiiivestment zone offered
evidence, both oral and documentary, in favor of all the
foregoing matters relating to the creation of the
reinvestment zone and no opponents of the reinvestment zone
appeared to contest the creation of the reinvestment zone;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS:
§1: That the facts and recitations contained in the preamble
of this Ordinance are hereby found and declared to be true
and correct.
§2: That the City, after canducting such hearing and having
heard such evidence and testimony, has made the following
findings and determinations based on the evidence and
testimony presented to it:
a) That the public hearing on adoption of the
reinvestment zone has been properly called, held and
conducted and that notices of such hearings have been
published as required by law and mailed to aIl taxing
units overlapping the territory inside the proposed
reinvestment zone; and,
b) That the boundaries of the reinvestment zone are
depicted as the shaded areas A, B, C and D on the plant
site drawing attached hereto as Exhibit B, which plant
site lies upon the tract of land described in three
parcels on Exhibit A-1, A-2 and A-3 attached hereto,
hereinafter referred to as Zone Two-A; and,
c) That creation of the proposed zone within said
PROPERTY, will result in benefits to the City and to
land included in the zone and that the improvements
sought are feasible and practical; and,
d) That the reinvestment zone withiri said Zone Two-A
meets the criteria tor the creation of a reinvestment
zone as set forth in the Property Redevelopment and Tax
Abatement Act, as amended, in that it is "reasonably
likely as a result of the designation to contribute to
the retention or expansion of primary employment or to
attract major investment in the zone that would be a
benefit to the property and that would contribute to the
economic development of: the City"; and,
e) That the reinvestment zone located within said
Zone Two-A meets the City's policy on guidelines and
criteria for the creation of a tax abatement
reinvestment zone and eligible for tax abatement.
§3: That pursuant to the Property Redevelopment and Tax
Abatement Act, as amended, the City hereby creates a
reinvestment zone for commercial and industrial tax abatement
encompassing only the area described in the shaded areas A,
B. D and D in Exhibit B and such reinvestment zone is hereby
designated and shall hereaft:er be referred to as Reinvestment
Zone No. Two-A of the City af Paris, Texas.
§4: That the zone shall take effect ori Uctober 15, 1992, and
shall remain designated as a commercial and industrial
reinvestment zone for a per-iod of five (5) years from such
date of designation. Pr:ior to or upon such date of
expiration the City Council. may renew such designation for
additional successional period not exceeding two (2) years;
provided, no agreement may be extended beyond ten (10) years
from the date of the origirial agreement.
g5: That to be considered for execution of an agreement for
tax abatement the commercial and industrial project shall:
a) Be located entirely within the designated zone;
b) Create at least fifty (50) or more jobs and to
promote among equally qualified job applicants the
hiring ot employees from the enterprise zone, City of
Paris, and Lamar County, Texas, subject to the laws and
regulations of the United States of America and the
State of Texas and subject to any labor contracts
currently in effect and any successive contracts or past
practices;
c) Have a minimum expenditure of $1,000,000.00 for the
proposed improvements or repair;
d) Not include proper.ty that is owned or leased by a
member of the City Council of the City of Paris nor by a
member of the Planning and Zoning Commission; and,
e) Conform to all t-he requireII►ents of the City's
zoning ordinance.
96: That written agreements with the property owner located
within the zone shall provide for the tollowing:
a) Terms regarding the amount and duration of the tax
exemption;
b) A listing of the kind, number, location and costs
of all proposed improvements ot the property;
c) That access to the praject be provided to allow for
the inspection by City inspectors and officials in order
to ensure that the improvements or repairs are made
according to the specifications and conditions of the
agreement;
d) That property tax revenue lost as a result of the
tax abatement agreement will be recaptured by the City
if the owner of the property fails to make the
improvements as provided by the agreement.
§7: That if any section, paragraph, clause or provision of
this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or
unenforceable, the ir,validity or unenforceability af such
section, paragraph, clause, or provision shall not affect any
of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance.
§8: That it is hereby found, determined and declared that a
sufficient notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the
meeting of the City Council at which this Ordinance was
adopted was posted at a place convenient and readily
accessible at all times as required by the Open Meetings Law,
Article 6252-17, V.T.C.S., and that a public hearing was held
prior to the designation of such reinvestment zone and that a
proper notice of the hearing was published in the official
newspaper of the City, and furthermore, such notice was in
fact delivered to the presiding officer of any affected
taxing entities as prescribed by the Property Redevelopment
and Tax Abatement Act, as amended.
§9. That this Ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage by the City Council.
Passed and approved ort this 15th day of October, 1992,
by the City Couricil of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas.
G rge Fis er, Mayor ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, C i t er.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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T. K. Hayn s, City Attorney +
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. FIELD NOTES
Situated about 2~ miles South 54 Ceg. W25t of the City of PariS, County of Lamar,
and State of Texas, a part of the Isaac Cr•uise Surv,~,y # 162 , Asa Jarrnan Survey k479, 1
ar,d the Lemuel Ewer Survey #313, and being a tract of land conveyed the Paris, Texas '
industrial Fourdation by deed recorded in Vol. 550, Page $36, of the Deed Records of ~
said County and State.
Beginning at an iron pin `or corner in the South Boundary line of the Texas dnd ~
Pac;fic Railroad at the Northt•rest corner of said Founda-;on tract of 1and, said point
being the most Nortfierly Northeast corner of a tract of land conveyed Donna Jones et
by deed recorded .in Vol. 534, Page 579, of said Oeed Records. " j
Thence South at 636 ft. an iron pin on a pool bank and continuing on a tota; dis- ~
tance of 708 ft. to a point for corner in said pool at the Southwest corner of said
Foundation tract of land and an el corner of said Jones et al tract of 1and;
SCaTe:/"=e'00' Thence along the So«th Boundary Line of said Foundatien tract as fo1lows: South
89 Deg. East 33 Min. East 3182 ft.; North 89 Ge~g. East 1551 ft. to an iron pin ~
for corner at the Southeast corner of said Feundation tract of land and the Northeast ;
corner of said Jones et al tract of land; t
Thence North 31 Deg. 30 Min. East alorg the West 3cundary Line o` Farm Road 137 a;
distance of 310 ft. to a concrete marker for corner; ~
Thence along the Southerly 3oundary (.ine of Loop Nwy. 286 as fol]ows: No►"th Z DeS.;
15 Min. West 214 ft.; Plorth 34 Deg. 15 M in. 'h'est 654 ft.; North 49 Deg. 15 Min. l-Jest ~
702 ft.; Dlorth 44 Deg. :dest 216 ft. to a concrete marker fpr carner at the most North- !
erly Northeast corner e` said Founda~ien tract of land; ~ i
~ Thence South 76 Dey^. h~est along the South Bourld-~j ~.U t
! ary Line of said Texas and Pacific Railroad ~qs~
s a distance of 3864 ft. to the place of ~ beginning and containing 130.125 -s~
~ acres of land.
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No. that the above depicted and described tract of land was taken f~om,-aneactua~'
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survey made by me on the grourld on the 22nd day of April, 1982,
J.M.•Nelson, R.P.S. No. 4025 ~
STATE OF 7EXASI ~
COUr1TY OF IAMARI ~
BEFQRE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared J.M. Plelson, known to me ,
to be the person whose na,re is suscribed to the fo►'egoing instrument, and {
acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose and considera-
tion therein expressed.
GIVEN UNOfR MY HAND h'+D SEAL OF OFFICE, thi s the 27Lh day of April, 1982.
Notary Public. laniar County, T~eczas
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FIELD NOTES ;
• Sitauted about 2'2 miles South 50 Oeg. West of the City of Paris, Countyo uf Lamar, ~
and Sta-e or Texas, a part of the Isaac Cruise Survey #162 and the Lemuel Ewer Survey
#313, ard being a part of a 268.06 acre tract of land conveyed Dunna Jones et a) by
deed recorded in Vol. 584, Page 519, of the Geed Records of 5aid County and State.
Beginning at an iron pin for corner at the Northeast corner of the W.H. Bourland
Sur-vey N"71 at an e1 corner of said Jones et al tract of land.
Thence aleng the South Baundary l.ine of said Jones et al tract of Tand as fol-
lows:tiorth 89 Deg. 15 Min. East 644 ft.; South E9 Geg. 30 Min. East 388-ft.; East at
1368.5 ft. passing the Southeast corner of said Cruise Survey and continuing on a totai'
distance of 3194.5 ft. to an iron pin for corner;
Thence North 31 Deg. 30 Min. East along the West Qoundary Line of Farm Road 137
a d i s tance of 864.5 f t . to an i ron p i n for corner a t the mos t Eas terl,y Northeast Cor-
Scal e:/"=6oo' ner. of said Jones et al tract of land and the Seutheast carner of a tract of
land conveyed the Paris, Texas Industrial Foundation by deed r•ecor•ded in Vol. 584,
Page 579, of said Deed Fecords; ~
Therice aTong the South Boundary Line of said Foundation and the North Beundary ~
Lire of said Jones et al tract ef land as follotqs: South 89 Oeg. West 1551 ft.; ►vorth ~
89 Deg. 33 htin. West 3182 ft. to a point for corner in a pool at the Soutl:l•lest carnei, '
of said Foundation tract of land and an ei corner of said Jon-es et aI tract o` land; ~
Thence South 4 Oeg. 13 Min. East a distance of 14.2 ft. to the place of beginning !
and containing 74.257 acres of ]and. i
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I, J.M. Nelsan, RegisteT•ed Public Surveyor of Texas, No. 4025, certify
that the above depicted and described tract of land was taken from an actual
survey made by me on the 9round on the 22nd day of April, 1482.
J.M. NelSOn, R.P.S. No. 9025 ~
STATE OF TEXAS4 COUN7Y OF LAMARd
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for safd
County and State, on this day personally appeared J.M. f1e]son, known to me i
to be the person whose name is suscribed to the foregoing instrument, and
acScnowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose and considera-
tion therein expressed.
GIVEN UhDER MY HAVD AND SEAL OF OFFICE,;this the 27th day of April, 1982.
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Notary Publ ic, Lam3r County, Texas~
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Si tuated 2 i mi 1 es South 50 De IJes t o` ~
g. the City of Paris, County of l.amar, t
and Sta'e o` Texas, a part o` the Lenuel Ewer Survey =313, and being a part of !
a 208.06 acre tract of land conveyed Donna Jones et al by deed recor-ded in Vol. i
584, Page 519, of the Deed Records of said County and State. ~
Beginning at an iran pin for corner in the 4r'ESt Soundary Line of said Ewer
Survey at-an el corner of said Jones et al tract of 1and, said ooint being the '
Southeast cor•ner of the Isaac Cruise Survey #162 and the North?ast corner of the ~
M.E.P. & P.R.R. Co. Survey 5'637. ~
7hence South 0 Deg. 15 h1in, tdest a distance of 924 ft. ta an iron pin for ~
corner at the most Easterly Southi-rest co►-ner of said Jones et al tract of iand; ~
7hence cast a distance af 1062 ft, to an iron pin for cor-ner at the Southwest !
corner of a tract of land coriveyed 8illy J. Par-tridge by deed recorded in Vol. }
531, Page 208, o` said Deed Records, said poinfi being West a distance o` 200 ft. 1
from tfie most Easterly Southeast corner of said Jones et al tract of land;
• Thence North 34 Deg. £ast a distance of 150 ft. to an iron pin for corner
at the Nor-thwest carner of said Partridge tract of 1and;
Thence South 89 Oeg. 45 Min. East a distance of 200 ft. to an iron pin for
. corner at the tdortheast corner of said Partridge tract of land; }
ihence along the West Boundary l.ine of Farm Road 131 as follows: Around a
curve to the left 184 ft.; IYorth 25 Deg. 15 Min. East 76 ft.; North 31 Oeg. 30
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htin. East, 676 ft. to aii iron pin for carner; ,
Thence tJest a distanc2 af 1826 ft. to the place of beginning and containina
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. gistered Public Sur•veyor of Texas, No. 4025, certify ►
that the above depicted and described tract of land was taken from an actual !
survey made by me on the ground on the 22nd day of Aoril, 1982.
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J.M.•Nelson, R.P.S. No. 4025 ;
STATE OF TEXAS~
COUNTY OF LAh'AR~ i
BEFORE h1E, the under•signed authority, a Paotary Public in and for said ~
County and State, on this day personally appeared J.M. Nelson, known to me
to be the person whose name is suscribed to the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose and considera-
tion therein exp►•essed.
GIVEN UNDER MY HANO AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 27th day of Aprii, 1982.
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Notar Public, `
y Lamar County, Texas
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