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• <br />• MEMORANDUM <br />March 10, 1981 <br />T0: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission <br />SUBJECT: Request for Rezoning - Pierside Industries, Inc. <br />This report by the City of La Porte Planning and Zoning <br />Commission shall rescind the preliminary report dated March 3, <br />1981, regarding the request by Pierside Industries, Inc., for <br />rezoning. <br />Mr. Phillip Beeson, Manager, and Mr. Dick Gregg, Attorney, <br />met with Planning and Zoning on March 9, 1981, at a special <br />called meeting. When this item came up on the agenda of our <br />regular meeting on March 2, 1981, several questions and objec- <br />tions were raised by Planning and Zoning Commissioners. No <br />representatives of Pierside Industries, Inc., were present at <br />the March 2 meeting. At that time, our preliminary recommenda- <br />tion to City Council was to deny approval of the rezoning re- <br />• quest. <br />Members of Planning and Zoning are split on this issue. <br />Some feel that all container storage and repair yards should <br />be located in the Northeast section of La Porte, thus limiting <br />the unsightly aspects of the operation to one area and possibly <br />relieving the truck traffic through the city. <br />Other commissioners consider the property ideally suited <br />for such use, in that it is well removed from residential areas <br />and has access to established truck routes. In addition, the <br />property owner has offered to screen the container yard with a <br />fence or plantings. <br />After hearing additional information from Mr. Beeson on <br />March 9, Planning and Zoning wishes to change its preliminary <br />report and recommend that Council consider approval of the re- <br />zoning request. <br />We request a joint public hearing with City Council to <br />consider this proposal. <br />Respectfully, <br />r~ <br />Pat Muston, Chairman <br />PM/cb <br />