02-18-16 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes of January 21, 2016 Commissioners Present: Helen LaCour, Richard Warren, Nick Barrera, Mark Follis, Larry Stockham, and Hal Lawler Commissioners Absent: Trey Kendrick, Wyatt Smith, Lou Ann Martin City Staff Present: Director of Planning and Development Tim Tietjens, City Planner Eric Ensey, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins, and Planning Technician Ryan Cramer 1. Call to order. Chairman Hal Lawler called the meeting to order at 6:08 p.m. 2. Roll Call of Members. Commissioners LaCour, Warren, Barrera, Follis, Stockham, and Chairman Lawler were present for roll call. City Planner Eric Ensey introduced new Commissioner Larry Stockham. 3. Consider approval of meeting minutes: December 17, 2015 Meeting Motion by Commissioner Barrera to approve the meeting minutes of December 17, 2015. Second by Commissioner Stockham. Motion carried. Ayes: LaCour, Warren, Barrera, Follis, Stockham, and Lawler Nays: 4. Open a public hearing to receive input on an application for Zone Change Request #15-92000003, a request by Bayway Homes Inc. to rezone a 0.575 acre tract of land located at the southeast corner of N. 1st Street and the unimproved E Street right-of-way also known as Lots 1-8, Block 108, Town of La Porte Subdivision from General Commercial (GC) to Medium Density Residential (R-2). *Note: Chairman Lawler suspended the agenda at this time to move to agenda items 8,9,10 and 11. Agenda items 4, 5, 6, and 7 were considered after agenda item 11. a. Staff Presentation City Planner Eric Ensey presented the staff reports for agenda items 4 through 7 concurrently. Mr. Ensey said that this was brought forward by Bayway Homes in order for them to build houses on the land. The City tried to contact surrounding land owners and they were not interested in participating in the zone change request. There is already some single family