05-19-1994 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • • Page 7 of 8 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes of May 19, 1994 accessed on said lot. It is not however the intent of this section to prohibit the conversion of an existing residential garage to a habitable room. Mr. Harrington noted that under the terms of Section 1-400, the proposed wording of this section would not override or supersede the deed restrictions or covenants of any subdivision. The next item addressed was Section 10-605.6. Mr. Harrington stated that this section requires driveways and parking areas to be surfaced with "materials suitable to control dust and drainage". While standards for non- residential drives and parking areas are established by the City's Public Improvement Criteria Manual, residential drives do not have clearly defined standards. It would be helpful to provide a brief list of approved materials in this section. Staff requested adding the following clarification language (shown in bold) to this section: ... driveways shall be surfaced with materials suitable to control dust and drainage. Suitable materials shall be concrete, • asphalt, recycled asphalt, or other materials if approved by the City. The Commission concurred. Mr. H~urington distributed a memorandum from Bill Hemck of Atlantis Homes, which requested Commission consideration of several items. A copy is included with these minutes. The Commission and the staff discussed the items and decided they were not items that needed to be addressed at this time. B. DISCUSS POSSIBLE UPDATE OR REVISION OF ELEMENTS OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. A Public Hearing date was set for June 16, 1994, for Comprehensive Plan amendments. A Comprehensive Plan workshop is scheduled for July. It is anticipated that another Public Hearing will be held in August to vote on a recommendation to City Council. Mr. Harrington proposed reviewing the Comprehensive Plan on an annual basis as opposed to every five years.