Paris, TX Zoning Ordinance

Paris City Zoning Code

§ 8

Use of Land and Buildings.

Land and buildings in each of the following classified districts may be used for any of the following listed uses; but no land shall hereafter be used, and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, altered or converted which is arranged or designed or used for other than those uses specified for the district in which it is located as set forth by the following schedule:

LEGEND
P	Designates use permitted in district indicated.
	Designates use prohibited in district indicated.
S	Indicates use may be approved as Specific Use Permit (See Section 12).

Note: Symbols applicable to following Use Schedule Charts 8-101–8-108.

8-101

PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-102

SPECIAL USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-103

UTILITY AND SERVICE USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-104

ACCESSORY AND INCIDENTAL USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-105

AUTOMOBILE TYPE USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-106

RETAIL & SERVICE TYPE USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-107

COMMERCIAL & SERVICE USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-108

INDUSTRIAL USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-109

CLASSIFICATION OF NEW AND UNLISTED USES

It is recognized that new types of land use will develop and forms of land use not anticipated may seek to locate in the City of Paris. In order to provide for such changes and contingencies a determination as to the appropriate classification of any new or unlisted form of land use shall be made as follows:

The Planning Manager shall refer the question concerning any new or unlisted use to the Planning and Zoning Commission requesting an interpretation as to the zoning classification into which such use should be placed after the city staff provides its recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The referral of the use interpretation question shall be accompanied by a statement of facts listing the nature of the use and whether it involves dwelling activity, sales, processing, type of product, storage, and amount of nature thereof, enclosed or open storage, anticipated employment, transportation requirements, the amount of noise, odor, fumes, dust, toxic material and vibration likely to be generated and the general requirements for public utilities such as water and sanitary sewer.

The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consider the nature and described performance of the proposed use and its compatibility with the uses permitted in the various districts and determine the zoning district or districts within which such use should be permitted.

The Planning and Zoning Commission shall transmit its findings and recommendations to the City Council as to the classification proposed for any new or unlisted use. The City Council shall by ordinance approve the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission or make such determination concerning the classification of such use as is determined appropriate.

8-200

SPECIAL DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS NOTED IN USE REGULATIONS

8-201

The following definitions and explanatory notes supplement, restrict and define the meaning and intent of the use regulations as set forth in the Use Schedule and Provisions sections 8-101 through 8-109 inclusive.

One-Family Dwelling Attached -

A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate wall and which is designed for occupancy by one (1) family.

Accessory Building -

In a residence district, a subordinate building, attached or detached and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the main structure such as a private garage for automobile storage, tool house, lath or greenhouse as a hobby (no business), home workshop, children’s playhouse, storage house or garden shelter, but not involving the conduct of a business.

Art Gallery -

An establishment engaged in the sale, loan, or display of art books, paintings, sculpture, or other works of art. This clarification [classification] does not include libraries, museums, or noncommercial art galleries.

Auto Fuel Sales -

The sale of automotive fuels only by self-service establishments or as an accessory and incidental use to a primary use.

Automated Teller Machine (ATM) -

An automated device that performs banking or financial functions at a location remote from the controlling financial institution.

Auxiliary Massage Establishment -

Any building or tenant space in which any person, firm, association, or corporation, or any person employed by such person, firm, association, or corporation, engages, or is permitted to engage in the practice of massage as an accessory use customary and clearly incidental to a principal business and use, including but not limited to services offered by a hotel, health spa, or beauty salon.

Bakery, Retail -

A place for preparing, baking and selling all products on the premises where prepared.

Batching Plant -

A plant for the manufacture or mixing or [of] concrete, cement, and concrete and cement products, including any apparatus and uses incident to such manufacturing and mixing. An industrial facility used for the production of asphalt or concrete, or asphalt or concrete products, used in building or construction, and includes facilities for the administration or management of the business, the stockpiling of bulk materials used in the production process or of finished products manufactured on the premises and the storage and maintenance of required equipment, but does not include the retail sale of finished asphalt or concrete products.

Batching Plant, temporary -

A temporary facility that produces or processes concrete or asphalt only for use in a particular construction project and only for the duration of that project.

10.

Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence -

A residence that has historical significance as evidenced by being listed in the historical register or having been granted a historical medallion, occupied by the owner thereof, making available for hire no more than four (4) individual bedrooms and having two (2) off-street parking spaces for the residence and one off-street parking space for each bedroom for hire.

11.

Big-Box Retail Establishment -

A singular retail or wholesale user who occupies no less than 75,000 square feet of gross floor area, typically requires high parking to building area ratios, and has a regional sales market. Regional retail/wholesale sales can include but are not limited to membership warehouse clubs that emphasize bulk sales, discount stores, and department stores. A large-scale (minimum of roughly 100,000 square feet) self-service retail store selling food, drugs, household merchandise, clothing, and a variety of other retail goods. The store may, in some cases, include limited medical services, such as a dentist’s office. A retail structure or group of structures (having) a total in excess of 25,000 square feet of gross floor area.

12.

Boarding House -

A building other than a hotel or motel, where lodging or rooms, or both, are provided for compensation, whether directly or indirectly. Meals may or may not be provided, but there is only one common kitchen facility.

13.

Body Painting Studio -

A business establishment wherein the patrons may apply paint or similar matter to another unclothed or partially clothed person.

14.

Brew-on-Premises Store -

A facility that provides the ingredients and equipment for a customer to use to brew malt liquor at the store. Intoxicating liquor may not be sold or otherwise provided to customers of a brew-on-premises store unless the owner of the brew-on-premises store holds the appropriate liquor license. Customers using the brew-on-premises store must be of minimum age to purchase intoxicating liquor. Intoxicating malt liquor brewed by a customer may not be sold and must be used by the customer for personal or family use.

15.

Brewpub -

A restaurant that manufactures up to 5,000 barrels of fermented malt beverages per year on premises, for either consumption on premises [or off premises] in hand-capped or sealed containers in quantities up to one-half barrel or 15.5 gallons sold directly to the consumer. Wholesaling shall be permitted only where authorized within the zoning code.

16.

Cabana -

An accessory building or a portion of the main building used as a bathhouse or a dressing area in connection with a swimming pool or a tennis court.

17.

Church, Megachurch -

A large, specialized type of house of worship that includes either indoors and/or outdoors, such nontraditional accessory uses as retail sales, residential uses, amusement parks, and sports and entertainment facilities, as an integrated part of the development.

18.

Columbarium -

A structure or building for the placement of the cremated remains of a deceased human being or animal into an urn.

19.

Community Center (private) -

A central social and recreational building as part of a housing project or community unit development.

20.

Community Garden -

A private or public facility for cultivation of fruits, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more than one person or family.

21.

Community Unit Development -

An area of five (5) acres or more of unsubdivided land or the frontage on one side of a street between two intersecting streets planned as a single integral residential development which may contain variable types of housing with yard setback and open space standards differing from the district in which it is located but which observes the overall density standards set forth in such district. Where the overall density standards are proposed to vary from those of the district in which the Community Unit Development is located, the development should be handled as a Planned Development District by an Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance.

22.

College, University or Private School -

An institution established for educational purposes and offering a curriculum similar to the public schools or an accredited college or university, but excluding trade and commercial schools.

23.

Commercial Amusements -

Outdoor, such as golf driving range, pitch and putt course, archery, miniature golf and similar outdoor activities but not including go-cart racing, drag strips or auto racing.

24.

Commercial Wholesale Bottling Works -

This is a commercial enterprise whose output is the bottling of beverages for distribution. This enterprise then distributes the final product to the wholesale sellers that are located typically in a particular geographic area.

25.

Cottage Industry -

A processing, assembling, packaging, or storage industry, generally employing fewer than 20 persons, conducted wholly within an enclosed building located on a site isolated from other such uses, generating low traffic volumes and with little or no noise, smoke, odor, dust, glare, or vibration detectable at any property line.

26.

Custom personal service

such as tailor, shoe repair, barber, beauty shop, health studio or travel consultant.

27.

Day Camp (private) -

A recreational area, with or without buildings, where children engage in supervised training and recreation during daylight hours.

28.

Day Nursery or Kindergarten School -

An establishment where four (4) or more children are left for care or training during the day or portion thereof.

29.

Data Processing Facility -

Facilities where electronic data is processed by employees, including, without limitation, data entry, storage, conversion or analysis, subscription and credit card transaction processing, telephone sales and order collection, mail order and catalog sales, and mailing preparation.

30.

Distillery -

A distillery is an establishment where alcoholic beverages are made through distillation. Distilleries may also include accessory uses such as office space, sampling/tasting rooms, and restaurants and bar/taverns, and differ from micro-distilleries by virtue of their scale and their principal purpose as a manufacturing facility for these liquors. A distillery facility shall produce liquors or spirits in accordance with any manufacturing and/or wholesaling license in accordance with and required by federal, state, and local requirements.

31.

Distribution Center (also, warehouse) -

A use where goods are received and/or stored for delivery to the ultimate customer at remote locations.

32.

Domestic Violence Shelter -

A residential facility serving as a center to receive and house persons who are victims of domestic violence, including dependents of the victim, to provide temporary boarding, lodging, counseling, and day care. The facility shall meet all certification requirements of the state, county, and/or local municipality wherein said shelter is located.

33.

Equestrian Arena -

An improved area, generally fenced, of at least 30 feet in width or length within which equestrian activities involving horse riding or driving occurs.

34.

Equestrian Facilities -

Commercial horse, donkey, and mule facilities including: horse ranches, boarding stables, riding schools and academies, horse exhibition facilities, pack stations. This land use includes barns, stables, corrals, and paddocks accessory and incidental to the above uses.

35.

Farm Accessory Building -

An accessory building or structure used or intended for use on an active commercial food-producing farm operation. Said building or structure can be used for storing agricultural equipment or farm produce or products. The term “farm accessory building” shall not include dwellings.

36.

Farm Stand -

A temporary open air stand or place for the seasonal selling of agricultural produce. A produce stand is portable and capable of being dismantled or removed from the sales site.

37.

Flea Market -

An outdoor or covered market at a location at which booths or similar spaces are rented or otherwise made temporarily available to two or more persons at which the persons offer tangible personal property for sale. Auctions are not permitted under this use.

38.

Farm, Ranch, Garden or Orchard -

An area of two (2) acres or more which is used for growing of usual farm products, vegetables, fruits, trees and grain and for the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals such as horses, cattle and sheep and including the necessary accessory uses for raising, treating and storing products raised on the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of offal or garbage to swine or other animals and not including any type of agriculture or husbandry specifically prohibited by ordinance or law.

39.

Gasoline Service Stations -

A business conducting the sale of gasoline and oil, minor auto repair, washing, lubrication and other periodic maintenance.

40.

Grocery, Cleaning, Small Plant or Shop -

Neighborhood grocery store, custom cleaning and other small shops not exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area.

41.

Halfway House -

A facility that provides training, care, supervision, treatment, or rehabilitation to emotionally and mentally disturbed persons, the aged, disabled, those convicted of crimes or those suffering the effects of drugs or alcohol; this does not include day-care centers, family day-care homes, foster homes, schools, hospitals, jails, or prisons.

42.

Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility -

All structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste, including all operations of storage areas, diked overflow, or emergency spillway areas. A hazardous waste disposal facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units; it includes all areas where hazardous waste may be received, stored, handled, or processed.

43.

Hazardous Waste Processing Facility -

Any commercial facility, as defined (state rules) for which a (state) pollution control agency permit is required, treating hazardous waste generated at any off-site location, that is designed and operated to modify the chemical composition or chemical, physical, or biological properties of a hazardous waste by means such as reclamation, distillation, precipitation, or other similar processes, which neutralizes the waste or renders it nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, storage, or reduced in volume expecting [excepting] “elementary neutralizing units” and “pretreatment units,” as defined in (state) rules. Hazardous waste processing does not include incineration or disposal.

44.

Health Spa -

A place or building where active exercise and related activities are performed utilizing weight control or muscle building equipment or apparatus for the purpose of physical fitness. Also, a place or building that provides massage, exercise, and related activities with or without such equipment or apparatus.

45.

Homeless Shelter -

A facility providing temporary housing to indigent, needy, homeless, or transient persons; may also provide ancillary services such as counseling, vocational training, etc., but not including orphanages or foster homes, operated by a nonprofit religious, educational, or philanthropic institution.

46.

Home Occupations -

A home occupation is an occupation conducted as an accessory use in or from a residential dwelling or its accessory building by persons whose principal residence is on the premises, and which use has no more affect on adjoining property than normal residential use. Home occupations include those uses as permitted and regulated in section 8-500 hereof.

47.

Hospice Residential Care Facility -

A freestanding licensed hospice facility which provides palliative and supportive medical and other health services to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and special needs and/of terminally ill patients and their families in a residential setting.

48.

Head Shops -

This definition shall be eliminated.

49.

Hospital (acute care) -

An institution where sick or injured patients are given medical or surgical treatment intended to restore them to health and an active life and which is licensed by the State of Texas.

50.

Hospital (chronic care) -

An institution where those persons suffering from generally permanent types of illness, injury, deformity, deficiency or age are given care and treatment on a prolonged or permanent basis and which is licensed by the State of Texas.

51.

Household Appliance Service and Repair,

including radio and television, but not involving the use of equipment which generates noise, odor or electrical frequencies so as to interfere with the use and enjoyment of adjacent property.

52.

Institutions of Religious or Philanthropic Nature -

Institutions sponsored or operated by organizations established for religious or philanthropic purposes including orphans’ homes, aged homes, training and educational facilities, meeting establishments and places of residence.

53.

Massage Establishment -

An establishment where, for any form of consideration, massage, alcohol rub, fomentation, electric or magnetic treatment, or similar treatment or manipulation of the human body is administered, unless such treatment or manipulation is administered by a medical practitioner, chiropractor, acupuncturist, physical therapist, or similar professional person licensed by the state. This definition does not include an athletic club, health club, school, gymnasium, reducing salon, spa, or similar establishment where massage or similar manipulation of the human body is offered as an incidental or accessory service.

54.

Medical Marijuana Dispensary -

A facility where marijuana is made available for medical purposes; this also includes establishments from which marijuana is delivered to patients who cannot obtain it from a dispensary due to physical or mental disability, for medical purposes in compliance with local health and safety codes.

55.

Medical Waste Facility -

A facility used to store and/or repackage medical waste for transportation to a processing facility.

56.

Mental Health Facility -

Any individual, association, group or other entity at one location whose primary purpose is to provide services for the care, treatment, habilitation, or rehabilitation of the mentally ill, the developmentally disabled, or substance abusers, and includes any area facility, licensable facility, private facility, residential facility, state facility, 24-hour facility, or Veterans Administration facility.

57.

Microbrewery -

A facility for the production and packaging of malt beverages of low alcoholic content for distribution, retail, wholesale, on or of [off] premises, with a capacity of not more than fifteen thousand (15,000) barrels per year. The development may include other uses such as a standard restaurant, bar or live entertainment as otherwise permitted in the zoning district.

58.

Package Store -

A building or structure designed for a use requiring a package store permit by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

59.

Pawnshop

means a location at which or premises in which a business regularly (a) lends money on the security of pledged goods; or (b) purchases goods on condition that the goods may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period. For the purposes of this definition, “pawn transaction” means the pledging with a pawnbroker of a single item of goods as security for a loan of money, and “pledged goods” means goods deposited with or otherwise delivered into the possession of a pawnbroker in connection with a pawn transaction.

60.

Paint Shop,

but excluding all cooking or baking or [of] varnish, paint or lacquer.

61.

Private Club -

Shall be as defined by Article 666-15e of Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code and amendments thereto.

62.

Railroad Track and Right-of-Way,

but not including railroad stations, sidings, team tracks, loading facilities, docks, yards or maintenance areas.

63.

Recreational Facility (Private) -

A private recreational facility restricted to membership or to invitation of the owner, which could include swimming pool, tennis courts, football field, soccer field and similar recreational facilities, none of which are available to the general public.

64.

Recycling Center -

A building in which recyclable material only is collected, processed, and/or baled in preparation for shipment to others who will use those materials to manufacture new products. This shall not include junkyards or wrecking yards.

65.

Recycling Collection Center -

A center for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public. Collection centers include reverse vending machines or groups of reverse vending machines, a mobile recycling unit, kiosk-type units that may include permanent structures and unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials.

66.

Recycling Plant -

A facility that is not a salvage yard and in which recoverable resources, such as newspapers, magazines, books, and other paper products, glass, metal, cans, and other products are recycled, reprocessed, and treated to return such products to a condition in which they may again be used for production.

67.

Recycling Processing Facility -

A building or enclosed space for the collection and processing of recyclable materials. "Processing" means the preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, shredding, mechanical sorting, cleaning, and re-manufacturing. Processing facilities include light processing facilities and heavy processing facilities.

68.

Recycling Transfer Station -

A facility that receives recyclable materials, typically from small collection facilities and commercial vehicles for the purpose of storing, handling, batching and baling, or sorting prior to transferring to another facility. Such a facility may be involved with recycling-related collection activities not allowed at small collection facilities.

69.

Recycling Unit, Mobile -

An automobile, truck, trailer, or van that may be licensed by the state, which is used for the collection of recycle materials. A mobile recycling unit also means the bins, boxes, or containers transported by trucks, vans, or trailers and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

70.

Research and Development Business -

A business that engages in research, or research and development, of innovative ideas in technology-intensive fields. Examples include research and development of computer software, information systems, communication systems, transportation, geographic information systems, multimedia and video technology. Development and construction of prototypes may be associated with this use.

71.

Residence Home for Aged -

A home where elderly people are provided with lodging and meals with or without nursing care.

72.

Retail Stores and Shops

offering all types of consumer goods for sale, but excluding the display and sale in the open outside a building, of new or used automobiles, heavy machinery, building materials, used appliances, furniture or salvage materials.

73.

School, Public or Parochial -

A school under the sponsorship of a public or religious agency having a curriculum generally equivalent to public elementary or secondary schools, but not including private or trade or commercial schools.

74.

Self-Service Storage Facility

(also mini-storage facility and/or mini-warehouse) - A building or group of buildings for rent or lease divided into separate compartments used to meet the temporary storage needs of small businesses, apartment dwellers, and other residential uses, and may include conditioned facilities; restricted to the storage of items that are not for sale on the premises.

75.

Sexually Oriented Businesses -

An adult arcade, adult bookstore or adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center.

76.

Shooting Range–Indoor -

A structure specifically designed for the safe discharge and use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, archer devices, and other types of firearms for the purpose of sport shooting, target practice, competitions, firearms education, or military or law enforcement training, entirely enclosed within a building. The term may include, as an accessory use, the sales of handguns and other firearms, ammunition, sport shooting and hunting supplies. A facility falling under this definition must follow all state and federal laws.

77.

Sign, Advertising or Billboard -

A display, panel or poster which advertises or promotes a commodity or service not offered for sale on the premises where such sign is located.

78.

Sign, Business -

A panel, display or device which advertises or promotes commodities or services offered on the premises where such signs are located.

79.

Signs, Real Estate -

Temporary signs pertaining to the sale or rental of property not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area and advertising property only for a use for which it is legally zoned.

80.

Signs, Church and Schools -

Name plates and bulletin boards for schools and churches, but not exceeding thirty (30) square feet in area and not of a flashing, intermittent, revolving or similarly lighted type.

81.

Solar Energy Storage Facility -

Equipment consisting of containers, heat exchanges [exchangers], piping and other transfer mechanisms (including fluids, gases, or solids), controls and related structural support for transporting and storing collected energy (from solar energy systems), including structural elements designed for use in passive solar energy systems.

82.

Solar Farm -

The components and subsystems required to convert solar energy into electric or thermal energy suitable to supply merchant power to the electric grid. The area of the system includes all the land inside the perimeter of the system, which extends to any fencing, land area required for setbacks, landscaping and signage. This term applies, but is not limited to, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and solar thermal systems. This term does not apply to roof mounted on any code-compliant structure, ground mounted and in compliance with necessary structure provisions as shall be contained within the City of Paris Zoning Ordinance, or any building integrated solar (i.e., shingle, hanging solar, canopy).

83.

Storefront Church -

A store or similar structure not typically used for religious activities that is used as a meeting place for a religious congregation.

84.

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility -

A facility for the purposes of temporary or long-term inpatient treatment of victims of drug use or addiction.

85.

Tanning Studio -

Any business that uses artificial lighting systems to produce a tan on an individual’s body. This use specifically excludes spas, gymnasiums, athletic clubs, health clubs, and any exercise equipment.

86.

Tattoo/Parlor Body-Piercing Studio -

An establishment whose principal business activity, either in terms of operation or as held out to the public, is the practice of one (1) or more of the following: (1) placing of designs, letters, figures, symbols, or other instruments designed to contact or puncture the skin; (2) creation of an opening in the body of a person for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration. The creation, insertion or application of permanent cosmetics shall not be classified as tattooing for the purposes of this ordinance; therefore, its presence or practice in an establishment shall not alone cause said establishment to be defined as a Tattoo Parlor.

87.

Telephone Line and Exchange,

but not including public business facilities, storage or repair facilities.

88.

Temporary Field Offices -

Portable building or temporary building used as field office for a real estate development or construction project and subject to removal at direction of the Building Inspector.

89.

Veterinary Clinic–Large Animals -

Any facility maintained by or for the use of a licensed veterinarian in the diagnosis, treatment, and/or the prevention of animal diseases or medical maladies wherein the animals served are typical farm animals such as horses, cattle, and sheep, or other comparable animals. As necessary, outside medical services shall be permitted on site of said facility.

90.

Veterinary Clinic–Small Animals -

91.

Wholesale Establishment -

An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in selling and/or distributing merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies. This is not considered a general commercial use.

92.

Wine and Beer Retail Sales Store -

A building or structure designed for or intended for a use requiring a permit or permits for sale of wine, ales, and/or beer and malt liquors by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

93.

Youth Hostel -

A place where travelers may stay for a limited duration, as recognized by the International Hostel Association.

94.

The display of plants offered for sale must be behind the front yard line established in the district in which the nursery or greenhouse is located.

95.

Equipment in Self-Service Laundry and Dry Cleaning Establishment

to be of similar size as customarily found in the home and of the customer self-service type and not a commercial laundry or cleaning plant.

96.

No direct exterior exhaust from cleaning plant permitted and dust must be controlled by either bag or filter and separator or precipitator so as to eliminate the exhausting of dust, odor, fumes or noise outside the plant.

97.

All exterior display of furniture, appliances or similar material must be behind the front yard line established in the district in which the use is located. Said exterior display shall be limited to approved garage sales or other family-oriented activities and only allowed in residential zoning districts.

98.

Light manufacturing processes which do not emit detectable dust, odor, smoke, gas or fumes or other Performance Standards criteria beyond the boundary property lines of the lot or tract upon which the use is located and which do not generate noise or vibration at the boundary of the LI District which is generally perceptible in frequency or pressure above the ambient level of noise in the adjacent areas and including, but not limited to such uses as:

Woodworking and planing mill with dust and noise control.

Textile manufacture with dust and odor control.

Ceramic and pottery manufacture with dust, odor and fume control.

Plastic products manufacture with dust and fume control.

Paint, oil, shellac and lacquer manufacture when hoods and fume destructors are used in the cooking process.

Grain processing with hoods, dust and odor controls.

Electroplating or battery making with acid, fume and odor controls.

Manufacturing or industrial operations of any type or other Performance Standards criteria which meet the general conditions set forth above and which are not offensive by the reason of the emission of noise, odor, smoke, gas, fumes, dust, glare or the creation of a hazard, but specifically excluding the uses listed in paragraph 91 [95] following.

99.

Any manufacturing, industrial servicing or storage process not prohibited by law except the following uses may be located in the HI District upon approval by the City Council in accordance with the procedure established in Section 12.

Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture.

Cotton gin or compress.

Petroleum and petroleum products refining and manufacture.

Petroleum tank farm.

Petrochemical plant.

Wrecking yard or salvage yard.

Any use which due to the possible emission of excessive smoke, noise, gas, fumes, dust, odor or vibration or danger of explosion or fire or other Performance Standards criteria is presently or in the future is determined a hazard and subject to special control.

100.

Mobile Food Unit (Food Truck) -

An operational motor vehicle and/or enclosed trailer from which food and associated non-alcoholic beverages are prepared, served and/or sold on private property for a period of time which exceeds 60 minutes or two instances of 30 minutes each day. This definition shall also apply to any seating, garbage and/or recycling containers, gear or equipment that is associated with the food truck’s operation.

101.

Food Truck Park (Court) -

A property used or developed to accommodate one or more food trucks as the primary use of the property while possibly accommodating areas on the property for entertainment or recreational opportunities. Food truck courts must have a valid certificate of occupancy in addition to all other applicable permits and inspections, and must accommodate all requirements of use.

102.

Small Home -

A cottage or bungalow consisting of a single story, constructed with a permanent foundation, and meeting all other requirements of the building codes in place at the time of its construction, unless otherwise provided in Chapter 28.5 [Article 4.09] of the Code of Ordinances. Small homes shall be at a minimum 700 square feet in size and may not exceed 999 square feet in size.

103.

Small Home Park -

A residential land use in which multiple small homes as defined herein are placed on a single lot approved under the city’s subdivision regulations.

8-300

PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT USES PERMITTED:

The planned development (PD) zone is established to provide greater flexibility in development planning for large or complex developments planned as a single comprehensive, integrated project. A development in a PD zone may include planned associations of various land uses which creatively complement each other and harmonize with the existing and proposed land uses in the nearby area. A PD is intended to allow single- or multi-use projects within its boundaries, and is appropriate only when the resulting development is considered more beneficial to the community as a planned development than that which would occur using conventional zoning and subdivision regulations. Therefore, in some instances such developments may not conform to specific land use patterns designated in the zoning map or district regulations prescribed by this article or the subdivision ordinance.

8-301

The City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, after public hearing and proper notice to all parties affected and after recommendations from the Planning and Zoning Commission, may authorize the creation of Planned Development Districts that might include:

Commercial center.

Residential development of multiple or mixed housing.

Industrial parks or districts.

Medical center and hospital.

Civic center and community center.

Office centers.

Service centers.

Recreation centers.

Any appropriate combination of uses that may be planned, developed, or operated as integrated land uses.

10.

Transition districts as an extension of an existing district whereby the provision of off-street parking, screening walls, open space and planting would create a protective transition between a lesser and a more restrictive district.

In order to be approved, a proposed PD zoning district must meet the following requirements:
1.	Any proposed modifications will substantially meet the intent of the zoning and subdivision ordinances and the comprehensive plan.
2.	Any proposed modification will provide for better overall project design than straight zoning.
3.	The combination of different dwelling types and/or the variety of land uses in the development will complement each other and will harmonize with existing and proposed land uses in the vicinity.
4.	The development will not generate more traffic than the streets in the vicinity can carry without congestion, and the development will not overload municipal services.
5.	Financial reasons shall not be the sole reason for modification of standards.
6.	A planned development district must be a minimum of ten (10) developable acres in size.
An applicant must have a predevelopment meeting with city staff. Said applicant may submit a preliminary plan with the application for a PD district if the applicant is not ready to begin development of part or the entire site. The preliminary plan shall contain all information necessary to ensure that the development complies with all applicable regulations and requirements.
A preliminary plan shall include:
a)	A metes and bounds description of the entire PD development tract.
b)	A drawing locating floodplain areas, water bodies, creeks, drainage areas, and significant natural features such as major tree groupings and important view corridors.
c)	Sufficient evidence to establish that the applicants are in fact all the owners or have control of all outstanding interest of the land and structures thereon.
d)	A drawing locating all land use areas, showing proposed gross acreage of each use, maximum lot coverage, maximum height, minimum setbacks, residential densities, approximate gross floor areas and floor to area ratios for all commercial, industrial, and office uses.
e)	Location of all major access points, thoroughfares, and collectors within the development.
f)	Identification of all major land use classifications and the approximate acreage within the development as related to current zoning district designations or the specific purpose.
g)	Indication of each phase of development if the proposed PD is to be implemented in separate phases.
h)	Indication by acreage or percentage of total development of all major areas planned for public and private open space and notification if any part of the development lies in floodplain areas.
i)	Land area included with the site and the land area of all abutting sites with the zoning classifications thereon, and dimensions and locations of all public and private rights-of-way and easements bounding and intersecting the site.
j)	Estimates of traffic volumes and turning movements. k) Signature of the applicant’s engineer and planner.
l)	A location map showing the relationship of the PD to adjacent properties and the land uses and thoroughfares shown on the comprehensive plan and intended for the area.
A preliminary plan shall expire on the second anniversary of the date the plan was approved by City Council if no physical development has begun.

8-302

In establishing a Planned Development District in accordance with this section, the City Council shall require comprehensive development and site plans. Such development and site plans shall be approved and filed as a part of the ordinance establishing the district prior to the issuance of any Building Permit in a Planned Development District. Such required plan and ordinance shall set forth the requirements for ingress and egress to the property, public or private streets or drives with adequate right-of-way to conform to the Thoroughfare Plan of the City of Paris, sidewalks, utilities, drainage, parking spaces, heights of buildings, maximum lot coverage, yards and open spaces, screening walls or fences, and other development and protective requirements considered necessary to create a reasonable transition to and protection of the adjacent property.

8-303

Every Planned District approved under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be considered as an amendment to the ordinance as applicable to the property involved. In approving the Planned Development District, the City Council may impose conditions relative to the standard of development and such conditions shall be complied with before a Certificate of Occupancy is issued for the use of the land or any structure which is part of the Planned Development District and such conditions shall not be construed as conditions precedent to the approval of the zoning amendment, but shall be construed as conditions precedent to the granting of a Certificate of Occupancy.

8-400

HISTORIC DISTRICTS

8-401

For purposes of this ordinance, Historic Districts (HD) are hereby established as Overlay Districts. All structures in Historic Districts shall comply with the requirements of Article 9.05 of the Code of Ordinances (The Historic Preservation Ordinance) as well as the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.

8-402

In any Historic District (HD) created as an Overlay District under this ordinance:

No person shall erect, construct, demolish, or proceed or continue with the erection, construction, or demolition of any building or structure or add to the exterior of any building or structure or cause the same to be done or alter the exterior of a property or any portion of the exterior of a structure on the site, or place, construct, maintain, expand, or remove any structure without first complying with the requirements of Article 9.05 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris (the Historic Preservation Ordinance), and where necessary, without first obtaining a Certificate of Appropriateness issued by the Historic Preservation Commission.

No permit for construction shall be issued in a Historic District without the applicant for said permit having first complied with the requirements of Article 9.05 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris (the Historic Preservation Ordinance), including, where necessary, obtaining a Certificate of Appropriateness issued by the Historic Preservation Commission.

Prior to commencement of any work, the owner of any property located in a Historic District shall comply with the requirements of Article 9.05 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris (the Historic Preservation Ordinance), including, where necessary, filing an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness with the Director of Community Development.

When a person seeking to undertake any project as described in paragraph A [a.] of this subsection has complied with the requirements of Article 9.05 of the Code of Ordinances (the Historic Preservation Ordinance), including, where necessary, obtaining a Certificate of Appropriateness issued by the Historic Preservation Commission, and the project is determined by the Building Official to meet all applicable building codes, a building permit shall be issued.

The procedure for adopting an ordinance to establish or amend a Historic Landmark or Historic District may be initiated by the City Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Historic Preservation Commission, or by the owners of the property within the area of request. Upon initiation of the procedure, no application may be accepted for a permit to place, construct, alter, demolish, or remove any structure on the property until the earliest of the following dates:

If the proposed designation is approved, the effective date of the ordinance implementing the change;

If the proposed designation is denied, the day after the City Council makes its final decision regarding the designation; or

The ninetieth (90th) day after the filing date of a written request for hardship, if any, made in accordance with Section 9.05.012, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas (the Historic Preservation Ordinance).

8-500

HOME OCCUPATIONS

8-501

A home occupation, as defined in Section 8-201(46), may be conducted in single-family residential zoning districts (A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3) with a permit granted under this Section when such use is clearly subordinate or incidental to the principal use of the premises for dwelling purposes.

Home occupations which are conducted as limited by Section 8-502 below and which have the general character of the following uses are permitted:

Artist, photographer, sculptor.

Author, composer, editor, translator, writer.

Contractor or service business; provided that all requirements of this section are met as well as the following additional requirements:

Not more than one (1) commercial vehicle shall be parked on the property.

No contracting equipment or materials shall be stored on the premises, except in a commercial vehicle used for transporting said equipment and materials between jobs, and no loading or unloading shall be done on or in the vicinity of the premises.

Dressmaker, seamstress, and tailor.

Home crafts such as lapidary work, macrame, model making, and weaving.

Office of an ordained minister of religion.

Office of an accountant, architect, bookkeeper, broker, clerical service, computer programmer, consultant, dentist, counselor, engineer, instructor in the arts and crafts, insurance agent, land surveyor, landscape architect, lawyer, musician, physician, real estate broker, or telephone service.

Office of a salesman, sales representative, or manufacturer’s representative.

Repair services, such as musical instruments, watches and clocks, small household appliances, and toys or models.

Caterer defined as a person or company that makes or serves food and/or drinks for social events or other gatherings off premises: one who caters. In addition to the requirements for all home occupations set forth in this section, a catering home occupation business must also meet the following additional requirements:

A minimum lot size of one and one half (1-1/2) acres is required in a single-family residential zoning district (A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3).

Not more than one (1) commercial vehicle shall be parked on the property.

The applicant shall be in compliance with the Lamar County Health Department regulations and applicable city building and fire department regulations.

The home occupation permit is valid for a term of 12 months from the date of issuance. Each Home Occupation Caterer is responsible for obtaining a valid certificate from the City of Paris Building Official to operate.

It shall be illegal to conduct any occupation in a dwelling unless specifically authorized in accordance with other provisions of this ordinance. Occupations not permitted in a dwelling as a home occupation shall include, but not be limited to, those with the general characteristics of the following:

Amusement or dance parlor.

Antique shop.

Barber shop or beauty salon.

Funeral home or chapel.

Gift shop.

Kennel or other boarding of animals.

Medical or dental clinic, hospital, nursing home.

Office of a health care provider when special mechanical equipment is required.

Motor vehicle repair or sales.

Day care center or nursery school.

Tattoo parlor.

Fortune teller, palm reader, or similar services.

Repair or testing of internal combustion engines.

Restaurant or tearoom.

Tourist home, boarding house, rooming house.

Veterinary clinic or animal hospital.

8-502

All home occupations shall meet the following criteria and standards:

The use shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling unit, and there shall be no on-site employment or use of labor from persons who are not bona fide residents of the dwelling, except a disabled resident may employ assistance from one (1) person at a time who is not a resident and whose assistance is limited to overcoming the effect of the disability.

The area set aside for a home occupation shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the total floor area of the residence, including garages. The permissible floor area includes that space necessary for storage of goods or products associated with the home occupation.

Merchandise offered for sale shall be clearly incidental to the home occupation; provided, however, that orders may be taken for later delivery off the premises.

Delivery of products to the home for business purposes shall not occur more frequently than twice a week. Delivery by trucks or vehicles not ordinarily utilized for residential deliveries shall be prohibited.

No toxic, explosive, flammable, combustible, corrosive, etiologic, radioactive or other restricted material or other Performance Standards elements shall be stored on-site.

No mechanical equipment other than that ordinarily utilized within a dwelling unit for household or hobby purposes shall be permissible.

No activity shall be conducted which would interfere with radio or television transmission in the area, nor shall there be any offensive noise, smoke, dust or heat noticeable beyond the premises nor shall there be any other violations of Performance Standards.

No home occupation shall require external alteration of the residence or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation.

The operation of the home occupation shall not cause or encourage excess vehicular or pedestrian traffic not ordinarily associated with the residential area in which the home occupation is conducted except under the following conditions:

Public access to the home occupation shall be by invitation only and there shall ordinarily be no more than one (1) vehicle not owned by the occupants on or adjacent to the property for business purposes except that appointments may overlap for a time period not exceeding thirty (30) minutes;

Occasional parties, meetings or classes associated with home occupations are permissible. The parties, meetings or classes shall in no case be held more than four (4) times monthly and vehicles shall in no way impede the safety and flow of traffic within the neighborhood.

10.

(Reserved)

11.

Home occupations shall be restricted to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

12.

(Reserved)

13.

There shall be no outside display, storage, or sale of merchandise or equipment.

14.

There shall be no audible noise, detectable vibration, or odor beyond the confines of the subject dwelling or accessory building, including transmittal through vertical or horizontal party walls nor shall there be any other violations of Performance Standards.

15.

Instruction of students (including delivery of materials clearly incidental to training) and service to clients or customers shall be limited to twelve (12) persons per day but in no event more than four (4) persons at any one (1) time.

16.

The lot or property on which the home occupation is conducted shall not have any parking space added to it during the time the home occupation is being conducted; nor shall any parking space be used that was not customarily used prior to that time. The application for approval shall show a sketch of the parking spaces customarily in use at the time of application and the applicant shall agree that parking shall not be increased during the period the approval is in effect. During the period the approval is in effect, no motor vehicle shall be parked at any place on the lot or property not represented as a parking space on the sketch attached to the application.

8-503

All home occupations are required to obtain a home occupation permit by application to the Community Development Department. Such permits shall be issued only upon a positive finding that an application complies with all the requirements set out herein. Approval is personal to the applicant and shall not run with the land. The annual fee for such permit shall be $25.00. Approval shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance, at which time the permit may be renewed by the Community Development Department based upon findings that the requirements of this ordinance are being met. The applicant is required to contact the Community Development Department at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the permit in order to seek a renewal.

8-504

A home occupation permit shall be subject to cancellation in the event of any noncompliance with or violation of any provisions of this ordinance. Cancellations take effect immediately upon a finding of noncompliance.

8-505

The existence of a home occupation shall not be justification for a zoning change to neighborhood service, retail, commercial, or industrial use or any other zoning classification that is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan and/or the character of the residential community wherein the home occupation permit has been approved.

(Ordinance 2055, sec. 1, adopted 10/18/71; Ordinance 2074, secs. 1, 2, adopted 3/13/72; Ordinance 2075, sec. 2, adopted 3/13/72; Ordinance 2095, secs. 2, 3, adopted 6/12/72; Ordinance 2110, secs. 1, 2, adopted 9/11/72; Ordinance 2120, sec. 1, adopted 12/11/72; Ordinance 2125, sec. 1, adopted 1/8/73; Ordinance 2559, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/81; Ordinance 2566, secs. 1, 2, adopted 4/13/81; Ordinance 85-067, secs. 1a, 1b, adopted 12/9/85; Ordinance 87-016, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/87; Ordinance 89-005, sec. 1, adopted 2/13/89; Ordinance 89-031, sec. 1, adopted 8/24/89; Ordinance 90-014, sec. 1, adopted 4/9/90; Ordinance 95-021, sec. 1, adopted 6/12/95; Ordinance 98-037, secs. 1, 2, adopted 8/10/98; Ordinance 2003-019, secs. 4, 5, adopted 5/8/03; Ordinance 2005-053, secs. 2, 3, adopted 9/26/05; Ordinance 2010-007, sec. 2, adopted 2/8/10; Ordinance 2012-017, secs. 2, 3, adopted 6/11/12; Ordinance 2012-029, secs. 2, 3, adopted 10/8/12; Ordinance 2016-006, secs. 4–8, adopted 3/14/16; Ordinance 2016-011, secs. 2–7, adopted 4/11/16; Ordinance 2017-001, secs. 2–4, adopted 1/9/17; Ordinance 2017-002, sec. 5, adopted 1/9/17; Ordinance 2017-013, sec. 2, adopted 4/10/17; Ordinance 2017-017, sec. 2, adopted 5/22/17; Ordinance 2017-022, secs. 2, 3, adopted 6/12/17; Ordinance 2017-049, sec. 2, adopted 12/11/17; Ordinance 2018-012, secs. 2–4, adopted 4/23/18; Ordinance 2018-038, secs. 3–11, adopted 11/12/18; Ordinance 2019-006, sec. 2, adopted 1/28/19; Ordinance 2019-013, secs. 1–9, adopted 3/25/19; Ordinance 2019-017, secs. 4–6, adopted 5/13/19; Ordinance 2019-022 adopted 6/24/19; Ordinance 2020-057, sec. 2, adopted 10/26/20; Ordinance 2020-061, sec. 2, adopted 11/9/20; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code; Ordinance 2021-019 adopted 7/26/21; Ordinance 2021-020 adopted 7/26/21; Ordinance 2024-022 adopted 7/22/2024; Ordinance 2024-042 adopted 10/28/2024)

Paris City Zoning Code

§ 8

Use of Land and Buildings.

8-100

LEGEND
P	Designates use permitted in district indicated.
	Designates use prohibited in district indicated.
S	Indicates use may be approved as Specific Use Permit (See Section 12).

Note: Symbols applicable to following Use Schedule Charts 8-101–8-108.

8-101

PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-102

SPECIAL USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-103

UTILITY AND SERVICE USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-104

ACCESSORY AND INCIDENTAL USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-105

AUTOMOBILE TYPE USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-106

RETAIL & SERVICE TYPE USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-107

COMMERCIAL & SERVICE USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-108

INDUSTRIAL USES

Schedule of Uses	A	SF1	SF2	SF3	2F	4F	MF1	MF2	P	O	NS	GR	C	CA	LI	HI	PD	PLI	ESS
One-Family Dwelling Detached	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S	S	S	P	P		P
One-Family Dwelling Attached					P	P	P	P	P	S		S	S	P	P		P
Two-Family Dwelling					P	P	P	P	P	S				P	P		P
Four-Family Dwelling						P	P	P	P					P	P		P
Multiple-Family or Apartment Building							P	P	P					P	P		P
Community Unit Development	S	S	S	S	P	P	P										P
Boarding House								P	P			P		P
Rooming House								P	P			P		P
Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence					S	S	S	P	P	S	S	P	P	P
Mixed Uses		S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	S		S	S	S
Modular Home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S				P			P
Manufactured Home Subdivision															P
Manufactured Home Park															P
Small Home				S
Small Home Park				S											S	S	P

8-109

CLASSIFICATION OF NEW AND UNLISTED USES

8-200

SPECIAL DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS NOTED IN USE REGULATIONS

8-201

One-Family Dwelling Attached -

A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate wall and which is designed for occupancy by one (1) family.

Accessory Building -

Art Gallery -

Auto Fuel Sales -

The sale of automotive fuels only by self-service establishments or as an accessory and incidental use to a primary use.

Automated Teller Machine (ATM) -

An automated device that performs banking or financial functions at a location remote from the controlling financial institution.

Auxiliary Massage Establishment -

Bakery, Retail -

A place for preparing, baking and selling all products on the premises where prepared.

Batching Plant -

Batching Plant, temporary -

A temporary facility that produces or processes concrete or asphalt only for use in a particular construction project and only for the duration of that project.

10.

Bed-and-Breakfast Historical Residence -

11.

Big-Box Retail Establishment -

12.

Boarding House -

13.

Body Painting Studio -

A business establishment wherein the patrons may apply paint or similar matter to another unclothed or partially clothed person.

14.

Brew-on-Premises Store -

15.

Brewpub -

16.

Cabana -

An accessory building or a portion of the main building used as a bathhouse or a dressing area in connection with a swimming pool or a tennis court.

17.

Church, Megachurch -

18.

Columbarium -

A structure or building for the placement of the cremated remains of a deceased human being or animal into an urn.

19.

Community Center (private) -

A central social and recreational building as part of a housing project or community unit development.

20.

Community Garden -

A private or public facility for cultivation of fruits, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more than one person or family.

21.

Community Unit Development -

22.

College, University or Private School -

An institution established for educational purposes and offering a curriculum similar to the public schools or an accredited college or university, but excluding trade and commercial schools.

23.

Commercial Amusements -

Outdoor, such as golf driving range, pitch and putt course, archery, miniature golf and similar outdoor activities but not including go-cart racing, drag strips or auto racing.

24.

Commercial Wholesale Bottling Works -

25.

Cottage Industry -

26.

Custom personal service

such as tailor, shoe repair, barber, beauty shop, health studio or travel consultant.

27.

Day Camp (private) -

A recreational area, with or without buildings, where children engage in supervised training and recreation during daylight hours.

28.

Day Nursery or Kindergarten School -

An establishment where four (4) or more children are left for care or training during the day or portion thereof.

29.

Data Processing Facility -

30.

Distillery -

31.

Distribution Center (also, warehouse) -

A use where goods are received and/or stored for delivery to the ultimate customer at remote locations.

32.

Domestic Violence Shelter -

33.

Equestrian Arena -

An improved area, generally fenced, of at least 30 feet in width or length within which equestrian activities involving horse riding or driving occurs.

34.

Equestrian Facilities -

35.

Farm Accessory Building -

36.

Farm Stand -

A temporary open air stand or place for the seasonal selling of agricultural produce. A produce stand is portable and capable of being dismantled or removed from the sales site.

37.

Flea Market -

38.

Farm, Ranch, Garden or Orchard -

39.

Gasoline Service Stations -

A business conducting the sale of gasoline and oil, minor auto repair, washing, lubrication and other periodic maintenance.

40.

Grocery, Cleaning, Small Plant or Shop -

Neighborhood grocery store, custom cleaning and other small shops not exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area.

41.

Halfway House -

42.

Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility -

43.

Hazardous Waste Processing Facility -

Health Spa -

Homeless Shelter -

Home Occupations -

Hospice Residential Care Facility -

48.

Head Shops -

This definition shall be eliminated.

49.

Hospital (acute care) -

An institution where sick or injured patients are given medical or surgical treatment intended to restore them to health and an active life and which is licensed by the State of Texas.

50.

Hospital (chronic care) -

51.

Household Appliance Service and Repair,

including radio and television, but not involving the use of equipment which generates noise, odor or electrical frequencies so as to interfere with the use and enjoyment of adjacent property.

52.

Institutions of Religious or Philanthropic Nature -

53.

Massage Establishment -

54.

Medical Marijuana Dispensary -

55.

Medical Waste Facility -

A facility used to store and/or repackage medical waste for transportation to a processing facility.

56.

Mental Health Facility -

57.

Microbrewery -

58.

Package Store -

A building or structure designed for a use requiring a package store permit by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

59.

Pawnshop

60.

Paint Shop,

but excluding all cooking or baking or [of] varnish, paint or lacquer.

61.

Private Club -

Shall be as defined by Article 666-15e of Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code and amendments thereto.

62.

Railroad Track and Right-of-Way,

but not including railroad stations, sidings, team tracks, loading facilities, docks, yards or maintenance areas.

63.

Recreational Facility (Private) -

64.

Recycling Center -

65.

Recycling Collection Center -

66.

Recycling Plant -

67.

Recycling Processing Facility -

68.

Recycling Transfer Station -

69.

Recycling Unit, Mobile -

70.

Research and Development Business -

71.

Residence Home for Aged -

A home where elderly people are provided with lodging and meals with or without nursing care.

72.

Retail Stores and Shops

73.

School, Public or Parochial -

74.

Self-Service Storage Facility

75.

Sexually Oriented Businesses -

An adult arcade, adult bookstore or adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center.

76.

Shooting Range–Indoor -

77.

Sign, Advertising or Billboard -

A display, panel or poster which advertises or promotes a commodity or service not offered for sale on the premises where such sign is located.

78.

Sign, Business -

A panel, display or device which advertises or promotes commodities or services offered on the premises where such signs are located.

79.

Signs, Real Estate -

Temporary signs pertaining to the sale or rental of property not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area and advertising property only for a use for which it is legally zoned.

80.

Signs, Church and Schools -

Name plates and bulletin boards for schools and churches, but not exceeding thirty (30) square feet in area and not of a flashing, intermittent, revolving or similarly lighted type.

81.

Solar Energy Storage Facility -

82.

Solar Farm -

83.

Storefront Church -

A store or similar structure not typically used for religious activities that is used as a meeting place for a religious congregation.

84.

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility -

A facility for the purposes of temporary or long-term inpatient treatment of victims of drug use or addiction.

85.

Tanning Studio -

86.

Tattoo/Parlor Body-Piercing Studio -

87.

Telephone Line and Exchange,

but not including public business facilities, storage or repair facilities.

88.

Temporary Field Offices -

Portable building or temporary building used as field office for a real estate development or construction project and subject to removal at direction of the Building Inspector.

89.

Veterinary Clinic–Large Animals -

90.

Veterinary Clinic–Small Animals -

91.

Wholesale Establishment -

92.

Wine and Beer Retail Sales Store -

A building or structure designed for or intended for a use requiring a permit or permits for sale of wine, ales, and/or beer and malt liquors by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

93.

Youth Hostel -

A place where travelers may stay for a limited duration, as recognized by the International Hostel Association.

94.

The display of plants offered for sale must be behind the front yard line established in the district in which the nursery or greenhouse is located.

95.

Equipment in Self-Service Laundry and Dry Cleaning Establishment

to be of similar size as customarily found in the home and of the customer self-service type and not a commercial laundry or cleaning plant.

96.

97.

98.

Woodworking and planing mill with dust and noise control.

Textile manufacture with dust and odor control.

Ceramic and pottery manufacture with dust, odor and fume control.

Plastic products manufacture with dust and fume control.

Paint, oil, shellac and lacquer manufacture when hoods and fume destructors are used in the cooking process.

Grain processing with hoods, dust and odor controls.

Electroplating or battery making with acid, fume and odor controls.

99.

Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture.

Cotton gin or compress.

Petroleum and petroleum products refining and manufacture.

Petroleum tank farm.

Petrochemical plant.

Wrecking yard or salvage yard.

100.

Mobile Food Unit (Food Truck) -

101.

Food Truck Park (Court) -

102.

Small Home -

103.

Small Home Park -

A residential land use in which multiple small homes as defined herein are placed on a single lot approved under the city’s subdivision regulations.

8-300

PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT USES PERMITTED:

8-301

Commercial center.

Residential development of multiple or mixed housing.

Industrial parks or districts.

Medical center and hospital.

Civic center and community center.

Office centers.

Service centers.

Recreation centers.

Any appropriate combination of uses that may be planned, developed, or operated as integrated land uses.

10.

In order to be approved, a proposed PD zoning district must meet the following requirements:
1.	Any proposed modifications will substantially meet the intent of the zoning and subdivision ordinances and the comprehensive plan.
2.	Any proposed modification will provide for better overall project design than straight zoning.
3.	The combination of different dwelling types and/or the variety of land uses in the development will complement each other and will harmonize with existing and proposed land uses in the vicinity.
4.	The development will not generate more traffic than the streets in the vicinity can carry without congestion, and the development will not overload municipal services.
5.	Financial reasons shall not be the sole reason for modification of standards.
6.	A planned development district must be a minimum of ten (10) developable acres in size.
An applicant must have a predevelopment meeting with city staff. Said applicant may submit a preliminary plan with the application for a PD district if the applicant is not ready to begin development of part or the entire site. The preliminary plan shall contain all information necessary to ensure that the development complies with all applicable regulations and requirements.
A preliminary plan shall include:
a)	A metes and bounds description of the entire PD development tract.
b)	A drawing locating floodplain areas, water bodies, creeks, drainage areas, and significant natural features such as major tree groupings and important view corridors.
c)	Sufficient evidence to establish that the applicants are in fact all the owners or have control of all outstanding interest of the land and structures thereon.
d)	A drawing locating all land use areas, showing proposed gross acreage of each use, maximum lot coverage, maximum height, minimum setbacks, residential densities, approximate gross floor areas and floor to area ratios for all commercial, industrial, and office uses.
e)	Location of all major access points, thoroughfares, and collectors within the development.
f)	Identification of all major land use classifications and the approximate acreage within the development as related to current zoning district designations or the specific purpose.
g)	Indication of each phase of development if the proposed PD is to be implemented in separate phases.
h)	Indication by acreage or percentage of total development of all major areas planned for public and private open space and notification if any part of the development lies in floodplain areas.
i)	Land area included with the site and the land area of all abutting sites with the zoning classifications thereon, and dimensions and locations of all public and private rights-of-way and easements bounding and intersecting the site.
j)	Estimates of traffic volumes and turning movements. k) Signature of the applicant’s engineer and planner.
l)	A location map showing the relationship of the PD to adjacent properties and the land uses and thoroughfares shown on the comprehensive plan and intended for the area.
A preliminary plan shall expire on the second anniversary of the date the plan was approved by City Council if no physical development has begun.

HISTORIC DISTRICTS

In any Historic District (HD) created as an Overlay District under this ordinance:

If the proposed designation is approved, the effective date of the ordinance implementing the change;

If the proposed designation is denied, the day after the City Council makes its final decision regarding the designation; or

8-500

HOME OCCUPATIONS

8-501

Home occupations which are conducted as limited by Section 8-502 below and which have the general character of the following uses are permitted:

Artist, photographer, sculptor.

Author, composer, editor, translator, writer.

Contractor or service business; provided that all requirements of this section are met as well as the following additional requirements:

Not more than one (1) commercial vehicle shall be parked on the property.

Dressmaker, seamstress, and tailor.

Home crafts such as lapidary work, macrame, model making, and weaving.

Office of an ordained minister of religion.

Office of a salesman, sales representative, or manufacturer’s representative.

Repair services, such as musical instruments, watches and clocks, small household appliances, and toys or models.

A minimum lot size of one and one half (1-1/2) acres is required in a single-family residential zoning district (A, SF-1, SF-2, SF-3).

Not more than one (1) commercial vehicle shall be parked on the property.

The applicant shall be in compliance with the Lamar County Health Department regulations and applicable city building and fire department regulations.

Amusement or dance parlor.

Antique shop.

Barber shop or beauty salon.

Funeral home or chapel.

Gift shop.

Kennel or other boarding of animals.

Medical or dental clinic, hospital, nursing home.

Office of a health care provider when special mechanical equipment is required.

Motor vehicle repair or sales.

Day care center or nursery school.

Tattoo parlor.

Fortune teller, palm reader, or similar services.

Repair or testing of internal combustion engines.

Restaurant or tearoom.

Tourist home, boarding house, rooming house.

Veterinary clinic or animal hospital.

8-502

All home occupations shall meet the following criteria and standards:

Merchandise offered for sale shall be clearly incidental to the home occupation; provided, however, that orders may be taken for later delivery off the premises.

No toxic, explosive, flammable, combustible, corrosive, etiologic, radioactive or other restricted material or other Performance Standards elements shall be stored on-site.

No mechanical equipment other than that ordinarily utilized within a dwelling unit for household or hobby purposes shall be permissible.

No home occupation shall require external alteration of the residence or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation.

10.

(Reserved)

11.

Home occupations shall be restricted to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

12.

(Reserved)

13.

There shall be no outside display, storage, or sale of merchandise or equipment.

14.

15.