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Paris approves trailer-sales SUP and Plan Z rezoning after neighborhood meetings
Summary
Council approved a special-use permit to allow trailer rental/sales at 2705 North Main and approved a Plan Z comprehensive-plan amendment and related zoning changes after the developer and neighbors resolved mapping confusion; council recorded unanimous votes on the items.
The Paris City Council on March 23 approved several land-use changes, including a special-use permit for trailer rental or sales at 2705 North Main and a related package of plan and zoning amendments for a Plan Z (Paul Stole) development near North Collegiate Drive.
Planning staff described the Michael Brothers petition to rezone a 1.03-acre lot (City block 307B lot 5) from Agricultural to Commercial and issue a specific-use permit (SUP) for trailer rental or sales. Staff recommended approval with two conditions: that the property conform to commercial-district specific-use regulations and that the SUP expire on either cessation of the business by the occupant or on the fifth anniversary of the ordinance, whichever occurs first. Council approved the ordinance after no members of the public spoke on that item.
Council then addressed a multi-part application from Paul Stole of Plan Z Developments LLC. Staff said the comprehensive-plan amendment and companion zoning changes had been tabled previously after residents raised concerns linked to inaccurate mapping. Staff recounted outreach and correction of the maps; after a neighborhood meeting two residents submitted written approvals and one opposed, and some earlier objectors were satisfied once the mapping errors were corrected.
Wanda Stevens, a nearby resident, told council that neighbors she spoke to were now content with the developer's plans after meeting with the applicant. Developer Paul Stole told council he had completed graded slope work per engineering recommendations and said he planned to plant grass and trees as a visual buffer: "I will plant some there just to make it look good," Stole said.
Council approved the comprehensive-plan amendment and each zoning petition (items 15–18) with recorded motions showing approval (transcript recorded the outcome as "40"). The SUP for Michael Brothers will include the staff-recommended expiration condition and the Plan Z approvals include the buffer and grading work the developer described.
