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t. I Ie I I I I I I Ie I I I I I I I Ie , MINUTES OF THE LA PORTE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PAGE 4 Janet Wahrlich explained that there is a list of six (6) d iff ere n t thin g s t hat a nap p 1 i can t has top r e par e and h a v e approved under Business Industrial, and under Light Industrial there vlere none. David explained that the city was looking at Business Industrial as a much higher quality industrial and "yes" there are some steps there that are not required. Doug Latimer explained that the staff had prepared a map and had Randy Walters, a land planner with Vernon Henry & Associates, came out Tuesday. Much time was spent - and gone over since the last meeting. One of the concepts among all things is "buffering". The Business Industrial Park is considered a buffer to Residential as versus light Industrial. Another part of the ordinance that is going to effect the zones, is a part of the ordinance that is already passed that calls for special circumstances when you go up against Residential. John Armstrong explained that when a Commercial or Industrial abuts a residential zone for use, there are increased setback requirements. Many instances there has to be screening. In terms of the concept of buffering itself, what we are trying to do is to attempt to maintain the integrity of districts so that both districts will develop as fully as possible without adjoining districts adversely impacting one upon the other. Obviously an Industrial District or even a business use that is heavy that abuts Residential could make Residential prope rty undevelopa bl e. The Commerc ia 1 a t some po int and time, the two have to meet. Thus, we have to find out about land in La Porte. We don't have any major natural features that would provide natural buffer, so - in a heavy industrial type of use, if Residential is zoned too close to that, you might prohibit or inhibit the development of industrial property due to its' proximity Reside~tial. Examples of this is PPG and the Southern Pacific property. In both cases, what we've done and this is something that the planners did not do, when you have those heavy industrial uses, we've gone next door to a light industrial or a compatible use, then to a business industrial, then to a Residential or Commercial as a pattern, then by doing that hopefully without question the property will all develop according to its potential with no inhibition between the highly residential areas of Fairmont, EXHIBIT F