1981-08-19 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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e e e Minutes, Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting August 19, 1981, Page 3 A motion was made to permit a duplex to be built on Block 67, Lots 1 and 2 and granting a variance to the front and rear building lines with a minimum of 12 feet front building line and an 8 foot rear building line, ~y Councilperson Skelton. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Kibodeaux, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Meza Nays: None 9. Mayor Meza asked Planning and Zoning Chairman Pfeiffer for their recommendation concerning the request for rezoning by Decker McKim from Commercial to Industrial of a tract of land in the Strang Subdivision containing 4.814 acres. Subject property is located at the intersection of State Highway 225 (south side) and Strang Road. e. Pfeiffer stated Planning and Zoning considered the property well suited for a truck terminal and container storage, in that it had access to rail and truck routes. Planning and Zoning recommended the rezoning request be granted and a special use permit be issued for truck terminal and/or con- tainer storage. City Attorney Askins read Ordinance No. 780-QQQ: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 780, THE CITY OF LA PORTE ZONING ORDINANCE, BY CHANGING THE CLASSIFICATION OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. A motion was made by Councilperson Westergren to pass and approve Ordinance No. 780-QQQ as read by Askins rezoning a 4.814 acre tract of the Enoch Brinson Survey, with frontage on State Highway 225 as its northern boundary, the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way as its south boundary, and Strang Road as its east boundary; said property to be zoned "Industrial" with a special use permit and strictly limited to shipping container storage and repair and truck terminal operations. Seconded by Councilperson Skelton. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Kibodeaux, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Meza Nays: None e 9. Mayor Meza asked if the Commission had a recommendation to make concerning the request by Brown and Root, Inc., to re- zone a tract of land approximately 346.52 feet by 240 feet, east of the Southern Pacific Railroad and at the west end of "0" Street. Planning and Zoning Acting Chairman Pfeiffer reported the Commission recommends the property be rezoned from Commercial to Industrial, limited to the construction of an asphalt batch plant.