08-20-1987 Public Hearings and Regular Meeting

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• • Planning & Zoning Minutes • Meeting of August 20, 1987 Page 2 Next item was to consider approving the Special Conditional Use Permit for Wayne Knox. At this time Mark Lewis, City inspection, presented to the Commission the facts concerning the request. Mr. Lewis stated that the Staff recommends that this request be granted. A motion was made by Inge Browder and seconded by Bobby Blackwell to approve the request. Motion carried unanimously. The First Assembly of God Church request was presented to the Commission next by Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis said that the Church meets all the requirements and again Staff recommends the permit be granted. A motion was made by Jack Gresham and seconded by Charles Boyle to approved the request of the Church. Motion carried unanimously. Item No. 7 - Proposed sign ordinance was next on the agenda and was presented by Joel Albrecht, Dir. of Community Development. Mr. Albrecht, speaking on behalf of the City Manager and the City Council, requested the P & Z Commission to initiate a study/draft for a sign ordinance. Council feels that now is the time to start developing a sign ordinance for the City of La Porte. This will deal with all types of signs,(i.e., billboards, business, portable, advertising, commercial • type). It was suggested that we try to obtain copies of sign ordinances from other surrounding cities and use them as a guideline. Next item was to begin discussion and the six (6) month review of required updates to the Zoning ordinance, map and development ordinance. Each member of the Commission was given a 13 page text of the zoning ordinance review to read over and study. Mark Lewis went over each item with the Commission and explained the changes necessary or required, clarifications, and typos. The Commission decided to review the text and be ready to start making the corrections necessary at the next P & Z meeting on September 3, 1987. Administrative Reports - Mr. Latimer addressed the land request that was made by J.P. Jackson. He wanted to get the reaction of the Commission as to how they felt on what City Council did by approving the above mentioned request after they had turned it down. Most of the members felt as if this was their obligation and that Council had over turned their decision. They felt as if this was "spot zoning" and that was something the Commission was trying to stay away from doing. The Commission still felt that they did their job correctly and that was all they could do. John Armstrong, Asst. City Attorney, assured the Commission that • the City Council felt that P & Z had done the right thing in their decision.