12-16-1999 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Planning and Zoning ComFF n Minutes of December 16, 19 Page 2 of 3 • Public notices were mailed to all property owners within 200 feet of the area in question. Staff received one response favoring the rezone and one "no opinion". 1. PROPONENTS Mr. Charles Whittenton, of 6358 Limestone, Houston, Texas, addressed the Commission. Mr. Whittenton has had the property for twenty years and always planned to live there upon retirement. Edith K. Walker, of 3819 Sunrise, addressed the Commission. Ms. Walker was present at the meeting in order to get a better understanding of what the rezone was all about. Chairperson Waters explained the circumstances surrounding the rezone request to Ms. Walker. She was grateful for the information and indicated her approval of the request. 2. OPPONENTS There were none. IV. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING Chairperson Waters closed the public hearing at 6:12 PM. V. CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ZONE CHANGE REQUEST #R99-004. Motion by Melton Wolters to recommend City Council approval of zone change request #R99-004 from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to Medium Density Residential (R-2). Second by Dottie Kaminski. All were in favor and the motion passed. VI. DISCUSS ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT REGARDING SHIPPING CONTAINERS. Masood Malik presented staffs report regarding a directive from City Council to staff to assess existing development conditions and future development strategies relating to the outside storage of shipping containers. Chairperson Waters suggested the Commission consider limiting the location for storage of shipping containers to Heavy Industrial zones, with conditions. Mr. Malik showed slides depicting containers currently being stored in several locations throughout the city. Staff proposed three scenarios to address the issue. After some discussions the Commission liked staff's second option, but felt there should be additional requirements as follows: 1. Storage of shipping containers shall be limited to HI zones. 2. All setbacks shall be a minimum of fifty feet (50'); front, rear, and side.