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Planning and Zoning Commission <br /> Minutes of April 21, 2016 <br /> Commissioners Present: Trey Kendrick, Richard Warren, Nick Barrera, Mark Follis, Wyatt Smith, <br /> Larry Stockham, Hal Lawler <br /> Commissioners Absent: Lou Ann Martin, Helen LaCour <br /> City Staff Present: Director of Planning and Development Tim Tietjens, City Planner Eric <br /> Ensey,Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins,and Planning Technician Ryan <br /> Cramer <br /> 1. Call to order. <br /> Chairman Hal Lawler called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. <br /> 2. Roll Call of Members. <br /> Commissioners Kendrick, Smith, Warren, Barrera, Follis, Stockham, and Chairman Lawler were <br /> present for roll call. <br /> 3. Open a public hearing to receive input on an application for Zone Change Request#16-92000001, <br /> a request by Sulzer Turbo Services Houston Inc.to rezone a 5.0185 acre tract of land located south <br /> of the existing Sulzer Campus at 11518 Old La Porte Road and legally described as Reserve A,Sulzer <br /> South Expansion Subdivision,from Large Lot Residential(LL)to Light Industrial(LI). <br /> Chairman Lawler opened the public hearing at 6:01 PM. <br /> a. Staff Presentation <br /> City Planner Eric Ensey introduced agenda items 3-6 together as they were related. The <br /> applicant Sulzer Turbo Services Houston Inc. (Sulzer), requested a zone change from Large <br /> Lot to Light Industrial as well as a change to the City's Future Land Use Plan. The applicant <br /> asserted while they only need to maintain a 50 foot setback,they left a tract zoned Large Lot <br /> with their detention pond in it to create a 250 foot buffer between their buildings and the <br /> nearby residential neighborhood. The lot is also surrounded by drainage channels and <br /> pipelines, making it more difficult to develop. Staff recommended should the Commission <br /> desire to recommend approval of the request, to add a condition requiring a 30 foot <br /> landscaping buffer along the F101 drainage channel. <br /> City Planner Ensey also noted that the City's Comprehensive Plan has a goal to maintain the <br /> Large Lot residential district and that a similar zone change request was denied recently. <br /> b. Applicant Presentation <br /> Darayus Pardivala, President of North and South American (533 S. Port Lane, Kemah, TX) <br /> business for Sulzer was the company's representative. He gave a background on Sulzer's <br />