§ 21. Amendments

21-100
Any person or corporation having a proprietory interest in any property may petition the Planning and Zoning Commission for a change or amendment to the provisions of this ordinance or the Planning and Zoning Commission may, on its own motion or on request from the City Council, institute study and proposal for changes and amendments in the public interest.

21-101
The City Council may from time to time amend, supplement, or change by ordinance the boundaries of the districts or the regulations herein established as provided by the statutes of the State of Texas.

21-102
Before taking action on any proposed amendment, supplement or change, the governing body shall submit the same to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its recommendation and report.

21-103
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing on any application for any amendment or change prior to making its recommendation and report to the City Council. Written notice of all public hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission on a proposed amendment or change shall be sent to all owners of real property lying within two hundred (200) feet of the property on which the change is requested. Such notice shall be given not less than ten (10) days before the date set for hearing by posting such notice properly addressed and postage-paid to each taxpayer as the ownership appears on the last approved City tax roll.

21-104
A public hearing shall be held by the governing body before adopting any proposed amendment, supplement or change. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in the official publication of the City of Paris stating the time and place of such hearing, which time shall not be earlier than fifteen (15) days from the date of publication.

21-105
Unless a proposed amendment, supplement or change has been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, or if a protest against such proposed amendment, supplement or change has been filed with the City Secretary, duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty (20) percent or more either of the area of the lots included in such a proposed change or those immediately adjacent in the rear thereof extending two hundred (200) feet therefrom or of those directly opposite thereto extending two hundred (200) feet from the street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall not become effective except by a three-fourths vote of the governing body.

21-106
The following fees shall be required of all applicants seeking action under this ordinance:

Appeal to the Board of Adjustments .....$50.00

Zoning Change Request .....$200.00

Special-Use Permit .....$200.00

Planned-Development Site Plan Approval .....$200.00

(Ord. No. 2000-057, § 2, 11-13-00; Ord. No. 2007-009, § 2, 5-14-07)