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I I ( I MINUTES OF THE LA PORTE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PAGE 5 I Lomax and old La Porte and the industrial corridor that goes through the middle Df the city with railroad tracks that has occurred on both sides. I Doug explained that there will be some zones where you will say there are some hODes and the zones are being changed, but the nature of the ordinance as it now exists, allows protection and to maintain the integrity of those homes even though they are not in a Residential district. I I Consul tant was very posi ti ve on what had been done on the map. He said you could not afford someone to do what has been done. I Doug Latimer began discussion of the map from the West side of town along Underwood Road. It was suggested that there be some higher density residential there. I Ie I Another question that was asked was "Why R-2 in the center of Lomax? I One of the improver:Jents is to be with the drainage ditch. Proposed to bring Lomax School Rd. and tie in with Houston Drive and there should be an overpass exchange at Hwy. 225. We use that as a line of demarcation to keep Residential on one side and the other on this side. Again, we're looking at along the major arterial where we \-Jant real high quality industrial, the thought was that perhaps Business Industrial was a real possibility along there~ I Doug Latimer asked if there were any questions up to this point? , There were questions about Brookglen, but Chairman Latimer ex pI a ined .tha t he wan ted to proceed wi th the ma pas \ve had already discussed Brookglen at one of the previous meetings. He explained that he would go over that area after \ve finished with the discussion tonight. I I J Il Doug Latimer explained that right now we will try to follow up the LOr.Jax across the northern part and try to come dO\vn the corridor between Sens Rd. and 146. Anyone have questions on this section. I EXHIBIT F