2004-07-12 Special Called Meeting

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City Council Regular Meeting, pubeearing and Workshop Meeting - July 12, . - Page 3 DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS REQUESTED BY THE SLI GROUP, INC., ON BEHALF OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, THE OWNER OF 4.9 ACRES LOCATED ALONG CANIFF ROAD JUST NORTH OF FAIRMONT P ARKW A Y HEREIN DESCRIBED; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETING LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made by Councilmember Engelken to approve Ordinance 1501-TTT and R04-006 as presented bv Mr. Finan. Second by Councilmember Mosteit. Motion carried. Ayes: Mosteit, Engelken, Ebow, Moser, Rigby and Griffiths Nays: None Abstain: None 11. Open Public Hearing -Mayor Pro Tempore Griffiths opened the Public Hearing at 6: 19 p.m. Review by Staff - Interim Planning Director Nick Finan provided an overview on an ordinance for 2.520 acres of land located in the 700 block of SH 146 to be rezoned. Recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission - the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial of the request by a 6-0 vote. If City Council wishes to overturn the negative recommendation, it requires a % vote of the entire Council (7 members). Public Input: Rebecca Terry spoke against the approval of the new Truck Stop site. She also informed Council of existing problems in the area with drugs and prostitution. Public Hearing was closed at 6:30 p.m. 12. Council to consider taking action on an ordinance for 2.520 acres of land located in the 700 block of SH 146 to be rezoned from GC to BI as requested by Ajay Jain. The applicant seeks to rezone the property for a proposed development of a truck stop. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial of the request by a 6-0 vote. If City Council wishes to overturn the negative recommendation, it requires a % vote of the entire Council (7 members). Interim Director of Planning Nick Finan presented summary and recommendation and answered Council's questions. Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins read: ORDINANCE 150 l-UUU and RO-4005 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, CHAPTER 106, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL REQUESTED BY MR. BOBBY GRISHAM ON BEHALF OF MR. NlRANJAN PATEL, THE OWNER OF THIS 2.520 ACRE TRACT LOCATED ALONG FEEDER ROAD OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 146 HEREIN DESCRIBED; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made by Councilmember Moser aporove Planning and Zoning's recommendation to denv Ordinance 1501-UUU as presented bv Mr. Finan. Second by Councilmember Ebow. Motion carried. Ayes: Mosteit, Moser, Engelken, Ebow, Rigby and Griffiths Nays: None Abstain: None 13. Council to consider taking action on Resolution 2004-06-A to extend and expand the moratorium on new construction in the Main Street area up to 180 additional days. This item was previously tabled at the June 14, 2004 City Council Meeting.