10-17-1996 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Page 3 of 10 • • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes of October 17, 1996 Chairman Waters closed the Public Hearing at 6:30 PM. V. CONSIDER REPEAT REQUEST FOR WOODS ON THE BAY TOWNHOMES, S.2. A motion was made by Eugene Edmonds to deny the replat request for Woods on the Bay Townhomes, 5.2. The motion was seconded by Chuck Engelken. All were in favor and the motion passed. VI. OPEN PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONE CHANGE REQUEST R96-004. THLS REQUEST SEEKS A REZONING OF A PORTION OF BLOCKS 1203 AND 1204; TOWN OF LA PORTS, NOW KNOWN AS TR. 1K, JOHNSON HUNTER, ABST. 35 AND A PORTION OF TRACT 37A AND 37B, GEORGE B. MCKINSTRY, ABST. 47, WffiCH IS FURTHER DESCRIBED AS BEING LOCATED IN THE 1700 BLOCK OF S. 16TH STREET, LA PORTS, TEXAS. THE PRESENT ZONING IS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (P.U.D.) AND THE REQUESTED ZONING IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (H.I.). Chairman Waters opened the Public Hearing at 6:33 PM. Mr. Rankin reported that the applicant, Robert C. Boncosky, is seeking a rezoning to Heavy Industrial (HI) to provide for development of a trucking operation with tank truck cleaning to occur on the property.. The current zoning is Planned Unit Development (PUD). Staff reviewed the request and was concerned about rezoning to HI because of the impact on residential land uses. Staff suggested anInfra-district PUD be created and a Special Conditional Use Permit be granted to allow the trucking operation as well as the tank truck cleaning operation. Staff recommended approval with conditions. A. PROPONENTS Robert Boncosky, owner of Boncosky Services, addressed the Commission. Mr. Boncosky introduced his son, John Boncosky, Director of Sales, and gave a brief presentation about the company. They intend to employee 75+ people and expect the payroll to exceed $3,000,000 per year. B. OPPONENTS There were none. VII. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. Chairman Waters closed the Public Hearing at 6:43 PM. VIII. CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ZONE CHANGE REQUEST R96-004. Mr. Rankin reported that 5 public notices were mailed to surrounding property owners.