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 Paris
 Code of Ordinances
 Part II. Code Of Ordinances
 Appendix B. Subdivision Regulations

  § II. Definitions  

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  • For the purpose of interpreting this ordinance, certain words used herein are defined as follows:

    (1) Shall—The word "shall" wherever used in this ordinance will be interpreted in its mandatory sense.

    (2) City—The word "City" shall be the City of Paris, Texas, together with all its governing and operating bodies.

    (3) Council—The word "Council" or "City Council" shall be the duly elected governing body of the City of Paris.

    (4) Commission—The word "Commission" or "Planning Commission" or "Zoning Commission" shall be the official City Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Paris, Texas, as appointed by the City Council.

    (5) Any office referred to in this ordinance by title, i.e., City Attorney, City Clerk, City Engineer, Director of Public Works shall be the person so retained in this position by the City, or his duly authorized representative.

    (6) Engineer—The word "Engineer" shall be the City Engineer of the City of Paris.

    (7) Master plan—The phrase "master plan" shall be the comprehensive plan of the City and adjoining areas as adopted by the City Planning and Zoning Commission including all its revisions. This plan indicates the general locations recommended for various land uses, transportation routes, public and private buildings, streets, parks, and other public and private developments and improvements.

    (8) Subdivision—The word "subdivision" or "addition" shall be any division of any lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots or sites for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or of building development. It also includes re-subdivision or replatting of land, lots, or tracts except as hereafter provided in Section VII(B). Divisions of land for agricultural purposes, in parcels of five (5) acres or more shall not be included within this definition, unless any such division of five (5) acres or more includes the planning or development of new street or access easement.

    (9) Preliminary plat—The phrase "preliminary plat" shall be any plat of any lot, tract, or parcel of land that is not to be recorded of record, but is only a proposed division of land for review and study by the City.

    (10) Final plat—The phrase "final plat" shall be any plat of any lot, tract, or parcel of land requested to be recorded of record in the Deed Records of Lamar County Court House after having been approved by the City Council of the City of Paris or by the Commissioners Court of Lamar County as provided for by County subdivision regulations.

    (11) Replatting—The word "replatting" shall be the re-subdivision of any part or all of any block or blocks of a previously platted subdivision, addition, lot, or tract, except as hereinafter provided in Section VII(B).

    (12) Street width—The word "street width" shall be the shortest distance between the lines which delineate the rights-of-way of a street.

    (13) Building line—The word "building line" shall be a line beyond which buildings must be set back from the street or road right-of-way line on which the property fronts.

    (14) Local street—The phrase "local street" shall be a street which is intended primarily to serve traffic within a neighborhood or limited residential district, and which is not necessarily continuous through several residential districts.

    (15) Collector street—The phrase "collector street" shall be a street which is continuous through several residential districts and is intended as a connecting street between residential districts and arteries or business districts.

    (16) Arterial street—The phrase "arterial streets" shall be principal traffic thoroughfares more or less continuous across the City which are intended to connect remote parts of the City or areas adjacent thereto, and act as principal connecting streets with State and Federal Highways.

    (17) Estate street—The phrase "Estate Street" shall be [mean] a street which is intended primarily to serve traffic within an area zoned Single-Family Dwelling District No. One (SF-1), and which is not necessarily continuous through several residential districts.

    (18) Extraterritorial jurisdiction—The phrase "extraterritorial jurisdiction" shall mean that unincorporated area contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Paris to the extent described in Article 970a, Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes.

(Ord. No. 2146, § 1(b)—(d), 5-14-73; Ord. No. 2439, § 3, 3-12-79; Ord. No. 83-036, § 1, 6-13-83; Ord. No. 2012-040, § 2, 12-10-12)