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<br />Minutes, La Porte Zoning Board of Adjustment <br />March 24, 1983, Page 3 <br /> <br />What about fire protection? <br /> <br />True, they are on smaller lots, but there is a greater <br />space between the houses than required. <br /> <br />How many doors? <br /> <br />There are two, as required. <br /> <br />How many acres in the tract? <br /> <br />Approximately 14.05 <br /> <br />McDuff displayed a preliminary plot plan showing planned <br />park sites and such showing 118 lots. <br /> <br />paulissen stated the homes he has observed meet or exceed <br />the Southern Building Code requirements and the City Ordi- <br />nance requires sidewalks but cannot require parks. <br /> <br />,...- <br /> <br />The Chair closed the participation by those present. <br /> <br />The Chair called on Morris Rose to pose any questions he might <br />have and make any comments. Rose asked for a clarification <br />from the attorney as to the topography of the land in question. <br />Armstrong read Sec. 16-201 from the Zoning Ordinance. Rose <br />stated he could not go along with this project. <br /> <br />The Chair called on Linda Mains. She stated she was in favor <br />of low cost housing but could not vote for this request due <br />to the fact that there is adequate space for development <br />under the standard requirements of all Codes and Ordinances <br />of the City. <br /> <br />The Chair called on Bill Thompson, who stated he could not <br />vote for granting the requested variance due to the fact <br />that nothing prohibited development of this particular tract <br />of land in accord with present ordinances. <br /> <br />Chairman Grant stated he was very favorably impressed with <br />the proposed development he had seen. However, this is an <br />autonomous board and the only appeal from this board is in <br />the County Court. An issue of this magnitude, in my esti- <br />mation, belongs on the shoulders of the elected officials of <br />this City so that it gives all the citizens of this City an <br />opportunity to reflect their thoughts. Now there are vehicles <br />for that in the City mechanism. In my view, this is not the <br />proper vehicle for that because we have opinions from the <br />City Attorney that say that if we were to approve this it is <br />only the first step. It still has to go to a couple of other <br /> <br />- <br />