1987-08-10 Public Hearings and Regular Meeting

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• M Minutes, Public Hearings and Regular Meeting La Porte City Council August 10, 1987, Page 2 20 percent being used by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Mr. Jackson emphasized that time is critical in this rezoning, as the Parks and Wildlife Department needs to be moved from their present location by September 1. Janet Gray Wahrlich addressed Council to appeal Planning and Zoning's determination of boat storage as a general commercial use and the decision by the Planning and Zoning Commission denying the rezoning change from residential 3 to general commercial. She stated the Planning and Zoning Commission had made the correct decision based on the zoning map they were working with at that time, but since the time of the meeting a substantial amount of research had been done by herself into this matter, and feels that she has facts that would support Council tonight to make a determination that boat storage is a neighborhood commercial use, with conditional screening. She then went on to explain the reasons to support this determination. Eddie Gray addressed Council in support the rezoning to Neighborhood Commercial with a special conditional use permit. Garry Collins, Parks and Wildlife Department, spoke in support of the rezoning. Carl Ferguson, President of the Fairmont Park West Community Improvement Association, spoke in support of the rezoning. The Mayor called for anyone wishing to speak in opposition to the rezoning. No one came forward. The Mayor declared the public hearing closed. Councilperson Shipp returned to the Council table at that time. 4. The Mayor opened the public hearing on the request of New Jerusalem Church for a special conditional use permit to allow Church expansion in a residential zone, Block 62, Lots 17, 28, 19, 20, Town of La Porte.