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<br />/- <br /> <br />f .. <br /> <br />'to <br /> <br />," <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />REVIEW & co\1V1ENrARY rn '!HE IA PCRrE ZCNIKG ORDIzw.JCE <br /> <br />CO\1VlENIS BY FAIIM:Nr PARK JOINr vmIURE - <br />EDDIE V. GRAY, DEVEIDPER AND <br />JANEl' L. GRAY <br /> <br />GENERAL CO\1\1ENI'S rn DEFINITICNS -- The following items need to be <br />defined or their definitiOn needs to be made more specific: <br /> <br />1. Parkway Corridors <br />2. Greenway Corridor - <br />3. Coomercial IVIotor Vehicle and Light Truck - definitions should both <br />include a phrase that a commercial motor vehicle is one which is larger <br />than I ton. <br />4. Fence -- this definition should include wrought iron fences or <br />acceptable steel mesh fences. <br />5. Height - the definition should include a pennissible height of 45' <br />fran grade. <br />6. Ranch trailer <br />7 . Curb <br />8. Loading Berth <br /> <br />CO\1\'1EN'IS rn ARI'ICLE I: <br /> <br />Section 1 - 300 -- The comprehensive plan shows"'large aroounts of public <br />use and greenbelt/park areas which the city may not have funds to <br />purchase. Therefore, the enforcement of the zoning ordinance. as it <br />pertains to an individual property owner, can only ccnply wi th the <br />cooprehensive plan to the extent that the ci ty has 'the funds avai lable ' <br />to purchase such greenbelt or park/public use areas. Further, there are <br />same areas of the comprehensive plan which do not reflect the best use <br />of that property. For example, the comprehensive plan shows residential <br />areas located in portions of the city where residential development is <br />n~t desirable due to the light industrial character of the neighborhood. <br />Therefore the comprehensive plan should serve only as a guide for the <br />zoning ordinance enforcement. <br /> <br />CXl\1\1ENr.3 rn ARrI CLE 2: <br /> <br />Section 2 - 703 -- This section is difficult to understand and apply. <br />Also it is not applicable to large tracts under single rnvnership \vhich <br />have several zoning districts within the property boundary. <br /> <br />Section 2 - 800 -- This section should clcarly indicate \vhich uses are <br />the most restrictive and \vhich uses are the least restrictive. <br /> <br />aJ\1VIENI'S rn ARI'I CLE 4: <br /> <br />Section 4 - 101 -- This section should be reworded to state that until <br />such time as the Ci ty of La Porte has t,he funding to purchase street <br />right-of-ways as shrnvn on the thoroughfare plan, then such proposed <br /> <br />IA <br />