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~ ~ <br />• <br />MINUTES OF THE <br />PUBLIC HEARING OF THE LA PORTE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION <br />AUGUST 15, 1985 <br />1. At 7:00 p.m. Chairman Andy Wilson called the Public Hearing <br />to order. <br />Members of the Commission Present: Chairman Andy Wilson, <br />Commissioners Bobby Blackwell, Charlie Doug Boyle, Janet <br />Graves, Lola Phillips <br />Members of the Commission Absent: Commissioner Karl <br />Johnston <br />City Staff Present: Director Community Development John <br />Joerns, Assistant City Attorney John Armstrong, Chief <br />Building Official David Paulissen, City Engineer Bob <br />Speake, Engineering Secretary Tina Anger. <br />Others Present: Doyle Westergren, Don ford, Eddie Gray, <br />Janet Gray, Rufus Smith, Helen McFerrin and other <br />interested citizens. <br />Those wishing to comment on the Proposed Zoning Ordinance <br />were as follows: <br />~• <br />DON FORD: He was concerned about the greenbelt proposals of <br />personal properties. He felt that the present <br />codes, building codes, set back that we have are <br />more than sufficient rather than taking the use <br />of property that the City doesn~t own or green <br />areas particularly on commercial and some of <br />these uses. He feels it is covered on the <br />residential as far as the setback line. It <br />doesn't really add that much to McDonalds or <br />Burger King to have 5 or 10 ft. of greenbelt <br />around it. He feels that some of these <br />requirements are not necessary. <br />EDDIE GRAY: He stated that his situation is working with the <br />ordinance and trying to apply it to what he had <br />been doing in La Porte and what he would like to <br />keep doing is a matter of trying to get <br />clarification and additional definitions and <br />different things that we think are <br /> <br />