01-31-17 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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Ayes: Commissioners Stockham, LaCour, Kendrick,Warren, Martin, Smith and Chairman Lawler. Nays: None 5. Consider approval or other action on Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) request #16- 91000004,tabled from the Regular P&Z Meeting of January 19, 2017. a. Staff Presentation City Planner Clowes gave staffs presentation. City Planner Clowes explained the few differences from the previously presented SCUP. b. Question and Answer Commissioner Smith asked about the required landscaping along the eastern boundary. City Planner Clowes stated that the required landscaping is minimal. The commission requested that additional landscaping be required along the eastern boundary. Commissioner Stockham requested that the required drainage interconnect be completed sooner rather than later. City Planner Clowes explained that that was addressed in the SCUP language. Chairman Lowler asked about the timing of the fence to the South. City Planner Clowes explained why the SCUP was worded the way it was. The commission asked that staff amend the language to require the southern fence to be built if the property to the south was developed as residential in the future. 6. Consider a recommendation to the City Council or other action on SCUP#16-91000004 with the two added conditions. Motion by Commissioner Kendrick to recommend approval with the proposed additional conditions. Second by Commissioner Smith. Motion carried. Ayes: Commissioners Stockham, LaCour,Smith, Kendrick, Warren, Martin and Chairman Lawler. Nays: None 7. Consider a recommendation to the La Porte City Council on a proposed amendment to the Future Land Use Map component of the La Porte Comprehensive Plan by amending the land use designation for a 40 acre tract of land known as Tracts 1 and 1L,Johnson Hunter Survey, Abstract 35,from "Low-Density Residential"to "Commercial," "Mid-to High-Density Residential" and "Mixed Use."