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• <br /> <br />• Regular Meeting - 8/5/74 - Continued 3 <br />4. PUBLIC HEARING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO <br />CONSIDER REQUEST FROM MR. E. D. BARKER AND BERNICE BARKER <br />GALE TO REZONE 22.67 ACRES - TRACT 20, ABSTRACT 5 - <br />E. BRINSON SURVEY, FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. <br />Mayor Thomas called to order the joint public hearing <br />with the Planning and Zoning Commission to consider <br />the request from Mr. E. D. Barker and Bernice Barker <br />Gale to rezone 22.67 acres, Tract 20, Abstract 5, <br />E. Brinson Survey, from Residential to Commercial. <br />It was ascertained that notices to all property <br />owners within 200 feet of the property under considera- <br />tion for rezoning were mailed on July 16, 1974, and that <br />a public notice of this hearing was published in the <br />official newspaper of the City on July 18, 1974. <br />Mayor Thomas located the property in question on the map <br />showing the city limit line as the west boundary, the <br />railroad on the north, Lomax School Road on the south and <br />Highway 225 on the east. <br />• Mayor Thomas asked if there was anyone opposed to the <br />rezoning that would like to speak. There being none, <br />he asked if there was anyone to speak in favor of the <br />rezoning. <br />Mr. Elmer D. Barker was recognized. Mr. Barker stated <br />that he was also representing his sister, who was unable <br />to attend the hearing. Mr. Barker stated that this <br />property was just at the edge of La Porte and was <br />surrounded almost entirely by commercial property. On <br />the north is the railroad, which is Southern Pacific which <br />has land between there and 225; on the west is being used <br />for commercial property, you can see junk cars, which is <br />adjoining property with his. On the other side is one <br />acre which the Coastal Industrial Water Authority has <br />bought and plan to use this for their headquaters when <br />they start to lay their pipeline and will have all their <br />construction equipment in there. Across the road is <br />pasture land. He thanked the Commission for the opportunity <br />to speak. <br />Mayor Thomas explained to Mr. Barker that when an area <br />is annexed by La Porte, it automatically becomes R-1, <br />Residential. According to the zoning rules, the Planning <br />and Zoning Commission is suppose to go back and rezone <br />• <br />