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-• KNOX W. ASKINS, J. D., P. C. ATTORNEY AT LAW • 702 W. FAIRMONT PARKWAY P. O. BOX 1218 JOHN D. ARMSTRONG, J.D. LA FORTE, TEXAS 77571-1218 TELEPHONE ASSOCIATE 713 471-1886 January 4, 1985 Porter & Clements Mr. Bill Osborn Attorney at Law 3500 Republicbank Center Houston, Texas 77002 Re: Application for Closing and Petitions to Re-Classify Zoning Classification Dear Bill: Please reference your letter to Ms. Cherie Black, City Secretary of the City of La Porte, and our subsequent phone conversations regarding said letter, in which you request action by the City of .La Porte on the application for closing filed December 1, 1981, by Southern Pacific Transporation Company, as well as the petition to re-classify the zoning classification of 97.596 acres and 121.41 acres within the City of La Porte. It is our understanding from said applications that the purpose of the Southern Pacific Railroad was and is to lay track for a railroad storage yard, together with a rail served office and warehouse complex adjacent to said storage yard. Review of past action taken on your application by the City of La Porte indicates that subsequent to extensive discussion and hearings by the Planning and Zoning Commission o£•the City of La Porte on the petition to re-classify zoning classifications, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte, on December 2, 1982, voted to deny the application of the Southertt'Pacific Railroad. Susequent to said vote for denial, no further action was taken by the City of La Porte or the Southern Pacific Railroad to further the zoning re classification request, until your December 3, 1984 letter to Ms. Black. You have requested that the City of La Porte provide you with a step- by-step analysis of the steps that would need to be taken in order to further and finalize action by the City of La Porte in order to re- classify the above specified acreage and finalize the application for closing as requested in your letter of December 3, 1984. After carefully considering Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes, Article lOlla et seq., as amended, together with Article 17, Section 17-100 et seq., of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of La Porte, and applicable case law, it is my opinion that the City of La Porte and _ the Southern Pacific Railroad will need to start from the beginning on the above referenced zoning re-classification request filed by the - ~I-