Paris City Zoning Code
§ 12
Specific Use Permits.
12-100
SPECIFIC USE PERMITS
The City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, after public hearing and proper notice to all parties affected and after recommendations by the Planning and Zoning Commission may authorize the issuance of specific use permits for the following types of uses in the following districts:
(1)
Airport landing field in any A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F, MF-1, MF-2, P, O, NS, GR or [sic] district.
(2)
Antique shop in the O and NS Districts (and restaurant) cafeteria in the O district.
(3)
Cemetery, columbarium, or mausoleum in any residential district and the GR district.
(4)
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture in the HI district.
(5)
Concrete batching plant or asphalt batching plant in the LI district. (Temporary plants subject to approval by ordinance of the City Council)
(6)
Cotton gin in the HI district.
(7)
Community unit development in the A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3 and 2F districts where the overall density does not vary from the standards established for the district in which the development is located.
(8)
Commercial amusement (indoors) in the GR district.
(9)
Columbarium in the CA district.
(10)
College, university, convent or monastery in any one-family or two-family district.
(11)
Country club in any one-family or two-family district.
(12)
Convent or monastery in any one-family or two-family district.
(13)
Day camp in any one-family or two-family district or the GR district.
(14)
Electric generating plant and other similar utility installation in SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F, MF-1 and MF-2 districts.
(15)
Fraternity or sorority in the A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F and MF-1 districts.
(16)
Radio and television broadcasting towers and transmitting station in all residential districts and in the P, O and NS districts.
(17)
Go-cart track, drag strip or commercial vehicle racing in the LI and HI districts.
(18)
Heliport in any A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F, MF-1, MF-2, P, O, NS, GR, CA or PD district.
(19)
Hospital, convalescent home, residence home for aged in any one-family or two-family district.
(20)
Hotel or motel in the MF-2 district.
(21)
(Reserved)
(22)
Home for alcoholic, psychological or narcotic patients in the A, MF-1, MF-2, GR and O districts.
(23)
Institutions of a religious, educational or philanthropic nature not specifically mentioned herein in any one-family or two-family district.
(24)
Nursery school, day nursery or kindergarten school in the A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3 and the 2F districts and the GR district.
(25)
Recreational facilities in any residential district.
(26)
Rock quarry, sand, gravel and caliche excavations in the LI or HI districts.
(27)
Mortuary in the O, NS and GR districts.
(28)
Fairgrounds or exhibition area in the NS or GR districts.
(29)
Livestock auction or commission house in the A, C or LI district.
(30)
Petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacture in the HI district.
(31)
Public or private utility not listed in all districts.
(32)
Wastewater treatment plant in any district except LI and HI districts.
(33)
(Reserved)
(34)
Water treatment plant in any residential district and in the O, P, or NS districts.
(35)
Wrecking or salvage yard in the HI district.
(36)
Any use which is determined to come under the provisions of Section 8-201(98)(h).
(37)
Off-premises consumption sale of wine, beer or ale (wine and beer retail sales store) as an accessory use to a grocery store in the NS, GR, C, CA, and PD(a) districts.
(38)
Off-premises consumption sale of all alcoholic beverages, package store in GR, C, CA and PD(a) districts.
(39)
Warehouse storage of beer, wine, or liquor for distributors with no retail sales permitted on the premises in the LI and PD(c) districts.
(40)
Dance hall, public, in the C, CA and LI districts.
(41)
Heavy machinery sales and storage in the ESS district.
(42)
Gasoline service stations in the C district.
(43)
Auto fuel sales in the NS, GR and [sic] districts.
(44)
Recreational facility (private) in the SF-1, SF-2, SF-3, 2F, MF-1, MF-2, P, and NS districts.
(45)
Bed-and-breakfast historical residence in the 2F and MF-1 districts.
(46)
Billboard and advertising signs in the GR, C, CA, LI and HI districts.
(47)
Loading, unloading or transloading of crude oil in Heavy Industrial (HI) zoning districts.
(48)
New or Used Car Lot (Open) in the CA district.
(49)
Head shops must have a specific use permit (S) to locate in light industrial or heavy industrial (HI) zoning districts in the City of Paris, Texas.
(50)
Self-storage/mini-warehouses must have a specific use permit (S) to locate in a Commercial (C) zoning district in the City of Paris, Texas.
(51)
Veterinary Clinic–Large Animals in the GR and C zoning districts.
(52)
Veterinary Clinic–Small Animals in the O and GR zoning districts.
(53)
Distillery producing less than 6,000 gallons per year in the GR and C zoning districts.
(54)
Trailer Rental or Sales in the C zoning district.
(55)
Food Truck in the GR and C zoning districts.
(56)
Tattoo Shop and Body Piercing Shop in the GR, CA, and PD districts.
(57)
Household appliance service and repair in the GR district.
(58)
Food Truck Parks in the GR, C, LI, and HI zoning districts.
(59)
Small Homes in SF-3 zoning district.
(60)
Small Home Parks in the SF-3, LI, and HI zoning districts.
(61)
Vehicle storage facility must have a specific use permit to locate in a Commercial (C) zoning district.
(62)
One-Family Dwellings in the GR or C Districts.
12-101
The city staff shall review and recommend said Special Use Permit request and the Planning and Zoning Commission in considering and determining its recommendation and the City Council on any request for a Specific Use Permit shall require from the applicant Site plans and supportive plans, information, operating data and expert evaluation concerning the location, function and characteristics of any building or use proposed. The City Council may, in the interest of the public welfare and to assure compliance with this ordinance, establish conditions of operation, location, arrangement and construction of any use for which a permit is authorized. In authorizing the location of any of the uses listed as Specific Use Permits, the City Council may impose such development standards and safeguards as the conditions and location indicate important to the welfare and protection of adjacent property from excessive noise, vibration, dust, dirt, smoke, fumes, gas, odor, explosion, glare, offensive view or other undesirable or hazardous condition.
12-102
When a Specific Use Permit is applied for in conjunction with the sale of wine, beer or ale as an accessory use to a grocery store as specified in Section 8-201, Item 37 [sic] of this ordinance, the following requirements shall be imposed:
(1)
An accessory use to a grocery store which has operated twelve (12) months prior to the date of this ordinance, or having operated twelve (12) months prior to date of application and presenting a record certified to by a Public Accountant showing an average monthly inventory greater than eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) retail value of foods in sales area. When a new establishment is the applicant, two thousand four hundred (2,400) or more square feet of building area shall be provided.
(2)
There shall be no Specific Use Permit issued to sell wine, beer or ale within three hundred (300) feet of any church, public school, public hospital, or public park.
12-103
When a Specific Use Permit is applied for in conjunction with the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption (Package Store) as specified in Section 8-201(58) of this ordinance, the following requirements shall be imposed:
(1)
Two (2) hour fire resistant construction on all exterior walls shall be required. A minimum one thousand (1,000) square feet of building shall be required.
(2)
A clear glass front, twelve (12) inches from ceiling to a maximum of twelve (12) inches above the floor shall be required so as to ensure adequate visibility of all portions of the interior of the store used for retail sales. No advertising, posting of signs, displays, curtains, drapes, or other obstruction shall prevent a clear view of the interior of such establishment.
(3)
Display aisles shall be perpendicular to the front with a minimum five (5) foot aisle to provide visibility to the rear wall of sales area and all access doors.
(4)
No lighted signs advertising alcoholic beverages larger than four (4) square feet shall be attached to the building. Animated signs or blinking lights or detached signs will not be allowed.
(5)
There shall be sufficient exterior lighting to illuminate the front, rear, and sides of the building to at least ten (10) footcandles, five (5) feet above the ground along the exterior walls, according to measurements by the City Building Official.
(6)
Drive-in windows shall not be allowed.
(7)
There shall be no permit issued to construct a building to sell alcoholic beverages where an establishment allowing dancing lies within three hundred (300) feet.
(8)
There shall be a burglar alarm connected to the police station.
(9)
There shall be no specific use permit issued to sell alcoholic beverages within three hundred (300) feet of any church, public school, hospital or public park.
(Ordinance 2074, secs. 4, 5, adopted 3/13/72; Ordinance 2095, sec. 11, adopted 6/12/72; Ordinance 2110, sec. 3, adopted 9/11/72; Repealed by Ordinance 2110, sec. 3, adopted 9/11/72; Ordinance 2566, sec. 3, adopted 4/13/81; Ordinance 85-067, sec. 1c, adopted 12/9/85; Ordinance 95-021, sec. 2, adopted 6/12/95; Ordinance 2010-007, sec. 3, adopted 2/8/10; Ordinance 2012-017, sec. 4, adopted 6/11/12; Ordinance 2012-029, sec. 4, adopted 10/8/12; Ordinance 2016-006, secs. 13, 14, adopted 3/14/16; Ordinance 2016-011, sec. 8, adopted 4/11/16; Ordinance 2017-001, sec. 5, adopted 1/9/17; Ordinance 2017-049, sec. 3, adopted 12/11/17; Ordinance 2018-012, sec. 5, adopted 4/23/18; Ordinance 2019-013, sec. 9, adopted 3/25/19; Ordinance 2019-017, sec. 8, adopted 5/13/19; Ordinance 2020-057, sec. 3, adopted 10/26/20; Ordinance 2020-061, sec. 3, adopted 11/9/20; Ordinance 2021-014 adopted 5/24/21)