The City of Paris, Texas, is hereby divided into nineteen (19) zoning districts. The use, height, and area regulations as set out therein are uniform in each district. The nineteen (19) districts established herein shall be known as:

Overlay Zoning Districts are hereby established within the City of Paris. The purpose of an Overlay District shall be to impose additional regulations or requirements on the properties located within each said district, regardless of and without changing the existing zoning district designation for permissible uses therein, as such existing zoning districts have been and shall be otherwise determined in this Zoning Ordinance. As a result, Overlay Districts may consist of a single property with a previously designated use category, or an Overlay District may consist of several properties with multiple zoning district designations. For example an Overlay District could contain properties designated SF-1, MF-1, C, and any number of other zoning district designations for permissible uses, all within the same Overlay District. Designation of an Overlay District shall not affect the existing zoning district designation based on permissible uses, and all such zoning district designations and permissible uses located within an Overlay District shall be preserved unless otherwise amended in accordance with this Zoning Ordinance.