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Home My WebLink About1982-04-28 Public Hearing and Special Called Meeting• • • MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL CALLED P~IEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL APRIL 28, 1982 1. The Public Hearing was called to order by Mayor Cline at 7:00 P.M. 2. Mayor Cline stated this meeting has been called to consider public input on a request to rezone a 4.5 acre tract of land on McCabe Road from Residential (R-1) to Commercial. The request was made by Mr. Gerald Teel. Mr. Teel came forward to discuss his purchase of the property and plans. He answered numerous questions from the Council. Mr. Delbert Walker recommended to Council that this rezoning be denied until such time as the new zoning ordinance and map is adopted. • 3. Mayor Cline stated this meeting has been called to also consider public input on a request to rezone a 23 acre tract north of the intersection of State Highways 225 and 146 (south of the tunnel - west side of 146) to Industrial with a "Special Use Permit." Mr. Kenneth W. Schmidt, President of Maritime Services, Inc., came forward to inform Council of his request to rezone the 23.83 acres for container storage and repair. He further in- formed Council of his plan to utilize the frontage of SH 146 for a motel or office facility. Mr. Schmidt answered questions from the Council. Mr. B. J. Faulkner voiced his feelings concerning containers in the City. 4. Mayor Cline adjourned the Public Hearing at 7:32 P.M. 5. Mayor Cline called to order the Special Called Meeting of the La Porte City Council. Members of the Council Present: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Graves, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor • Cline • Minutes, Public Hearing and Special Called Meeting La Porte City Council April 28, 1982, Page 2 Members of the Council Absent: None Members of the City Staff Present: City Manager Jack Owen, City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Betty T. Waters, Assistant Police Chief Robert Hall, Director of Public Works Jerry Hodge, Tax Assessor Collector Betty Blackmon, Fire Marshal Paul Hickenbottom, Fire Chief Joe Sease, Chief Inspec- tor David Paulissen, Graduate Engineer John Joerns, Director of Parks and Recreation Stan Sherwood Others Present: John Armstrong, Dave Corbin, Frieda Beaty, Craig Garnett and 69 interested citizens 6. City Attorney Askins read: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 780, THE CITY OF LA PORTE ZONING ORDINANCE, BY CHANGING THE CLASSIFICATION OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF (4.5 acre tract on McCabe Road) • Mayor Cline called for a motion. There was no motion forthcoming. Mayor Cline declared the issue dead for lack of a motion. 7. The City Attorney read: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 780, THE CITY OF LA PORTE ZONING ORDINANCE, BY CHANGING THE CLASSIFICATION OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF (23 acre tract more or less, out of Lot Thirteen (13), Staashen Subdivision, Save and Except that Portion now being Utilized by Central Freight Lines, Inc.) A motion was made by Councilperson Longley to accept and approve Ordinance No.~80-YYY as rea y City Attorney Askins. Second by Councilperson Pfeiffer. T e motion carried, 6 ayes and 3 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren Nays: Councilpersons Matuszak, Graves and Mayor Cline 8. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was duly adjourned at 7:40 P.M. • • . Minutes, Public Hearing La Porte City Council April 28, 1982, Page 3 Passed & Approved this th 5th day of May, 1982 ~`~~ J Vi ginia Cline, Mayor • • and Special Called Meeting Respectfully submitted: ~~:Zi'~.Ci' ueC/ ty Waters City Secretary • • MEMORANDUM • March 5, 1982 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission SUBJECT: Request for Rezoning of 4.5-Acre Tract on McCabe Road Planning and Zoning met on March 4, 1982, to consider a're- quest for rezoning of a 4.5 acre tract of land on McCabe Road, just west of Broadway. Mr. Gerald Teel was present as petitioner. The tract is located between Forest View Mobile Home Park and a Harris County Flood Control ditch. The elevation of the property is approximately 7 feet. The elevation limits the use of the property considerably, and makes housing undesirable. At the time the property was annexed, it received the R-1 zoning classification which is required by law. It has never received any permanent zoning classification. The request is for Commercial classification. • Our preliminary recommendation is to rezone the tract to Commercial. We wish a public hearing to consider this request. Respectfully, Pat Muston, Chairman PM/cb • A~ t • February 17, 1982 City of LaPorte City Hall LaPorte, Texas Re: Zoning of property described by the attached field notes and plat. • • Gentlemen: This is to request your consideration for the zoning of the property described by the attached Exhibit "A" located within the City of LaPorte, Texas, to the category of commercial/light industrial. The property in question was annexed by the City of LaPorte sometime in the past and apparently fell into the automatic R-1 zoning rating at that time. The property is located on McCabe Road just west of its intersection with Old Highway 146 (LaPorte-Seabrook Road) and is immediately west of an 80 foot drainage easement and is surrounded on the west and north by a Mobile Home Park. Other properties along McCabe Road at this point are either developed commercially or have not yet been developed. (From the asking prices of the property, it is evident that no one intends for it to be single family residential). At the time we purchased the property, we were Hall that the property was in a "G" category whic! been zoned and could probably be rezoned for any the area. The property is approximately 10 feet area and is unadaptable to any residential use property to be developed. C~ told by someone at City i meant that it had not use not detrimental to into the flood hazard that would permit the We have a potential sale of the property to Mr. operates in an advisory capacity concerning environmental in the bay area. He desires to use this property far ar and/or parking area for the equipment he uses in his bus in effect be an office storage facility. He recognizes must be elevated to meet the City's FIA requirements. Chuck Flynn who protection work office building :Hess. It would that his office ~~ • • • • City of LaPorte -2- February 17, 1982 We would appreciate your consideration of this zoning so that the property may be developed and make its proper contribution to the City of LaPorte and the School District's tax rolls. ~.~ a Gera d A. Tee c,~ ~ • ~~„~ i ~ _ ._ _ f .._ ~:.~ ---.__-- _____-_-_,_- _ __. ._ _ .. .i..... is :. - ._~._ _. __~.r'-~'s,~,~ ~ ... ___ .r• - ~.._-ww MEMORANDUM March 5 1982 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission • SUBJECT: Request for Rezoning a 23-Acre Tract - Decker McKim Planning and Z by Decker McKim for 225 and Highway 14b way 146 and extends presently under use terminal. ~ning met March 4, 1982, to consider a request rezoning a 23 acre tract north of the Highway intersection. The tract has frontage on High- west to Strang Road. An adjacent tract is by Central Freight Lines, Inca, as a truck The specific request is for rezoning under Ordinance 780-XX to allow oceanic container storage and repair. Since that general area of the City has been approved for such use in several instances recently, Planning and Zoning considers the area appropriate for further such development. Access to the property can be gained from Highway 146 or Strang Road. There are no residences located nearby. We wish to schedule a public hearing to consider this request for rezoning. Our preliminary recommendation is to grant such rezoning to Industrial with a special use permit under Ordinance 780-XX to allow truck terminal or oceanic container storage and repair. Respectfully, Pat Muston, Chairman PM/cb ~~ • GA«ERy OF I"'~OMES DECKER McKIM, INC., REALTORS, 647 Snoreacres Blvd. LaPorte, Texas 77577. (7t 3) 4774580 February 19, 1982 City of La Porte P.O. Box 1115 La Porte, Texas 77571 Gentlemen: .~:. . ~~// ,~ 7f~ /MOM` On behalf of Central Freight Lines, Inca, I hereby request that you make a zoning change on a tract. of land as shown outlined in yellow on the attached plat, being Lot 13, Staashen S/D, save and except that portion now being utilized by Central Freight Lines, Inc. jYe respectfully request that the zoning be changed from Light Industrial to Industrial with a Special Use Permit for containerso Proposed use is container storage and repair, Thank you for your consideration. Very truly yours, DE McKID1, INC. , REALTORS Decker McKim DM/jf Enco • ~~ .: ~: ~ ~• • • ARITIME SERVICES INC. April 28, 1982 9640 CLINTON DR. P.O. BOX 33 GALENA PARK, TEXAS 77547 713-674-3544 TWX 910-881-7130 T0: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF T~ PORTE, TEXAS Maritime Services, Inc. respectfully requests the re-zoning of a 23.85 acre tract which we are in the process of purchasing from Central Freight Lines, Inc. We request a zoning change with a special use permit for the establishment of a container depot. The tract boundaries are State Highway 146 on the east, E.I. Du Pont De Numours & Co. on the north, Strang Road on the west or Union Carbide Corporation, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation on the south. The only major highway that this tract touches is State Highway 146. The proposed tract is heavily wooded, fronting on State Highway 146. We are, at this time, considering using the part of the tract that fronts on State Highway 146 for a commercial development, i.e.t a motel. There would be container depot. In an • not come about, we woul along the front of the necessary to cover the happy to work with the Sincerely, a green belt between this development and the y event, if the commercial development does d not be adverse to having a green belt running property and plant trees, or whatever else is front of the property. We will be more than City of La Porte in this regard. ~~~~~ %~ ~ LNi1ETH W. SCHMIDT, PRESIDENT KWS:jl V ~itb ~~ ~~ 11 , f.; 1 ~ '\ f ~ j' ~I ' ' ~ +I ~ tl. ~ . '..: ~~ yR - ~"4~ _ •~~ -- ~ + -- - ft ., " ~ ~ z 2] ~; '; s ~ ~t{ ~ ~~ r 1 J )) •• ~ ~ !~ l 4 L' ~~ ~I T~ • }} ~(~~ y 1 77• ~.l< ~7 1 ~~ fir; a i ~ t rH- t T }~ yp V Gi t ~ ~pj ~ ~ Z ~ -: ~ y v /~tY~Z _ O~ ~ ?_~: ~ ~~ / rLd~~ O CL . TT-Z ~ ? E'er ~ ~ . ~ YJYLj ~ 'j ' ?~u3 f J --,. ~. r OO: ..,_ ~. ~.. ~ .... • . T`. ... ~.. I I w. I . ~...~ ,y ' ~~ .. _..I b ~~ C ~ ~~f ~ I I • f - n c : . ~ ~ . F- , U " ~ h : ~ r~ ''. ~~ ti•~ ; . s F ~ ~~ ~K `t t L ~ ~'? ~~. I I I .;~ -. i ~ ~~ ~ ~-~ Z ~ ~~---, ~` ~g ~~% { -9 ° a tis ~ /~ K 4 ~~ _ I .. ~'-, ..,ate. // . ~5~. ~~ I .. '. I y.~ ~ ~ _ j~ .i~ 1 ~~ z..u ._. _ ~,,.~~ ate. -~.;~k '~ ~' _ ~~Ir~. ti _ -_ _._ ___~ ice. .y... ~~ ~ EXiiIf3I'P "D" `I ~~ _.F_ .rlh • '~~ Ol ~~i . . • ~3G ~, ..,~ ~ j / .~ =~ ' 4 . - 7 ~.c~ ~ ~...~. "'rte--~~~ 1 "- i ~~ ORDIi~TANCE NO. 780- y Zy _ AN ORDINANCE A24ENDING ORDINANCE NO. 780, THE CITY OF LA PORTS ZONING ORDINANCE, BY CHANGING THE CLASSIFICATION OF THAT CERTAIN- PARCEL OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE fiEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby finds, determines and declares that heretofore, to-wit, on the 24th day of March, 1982, at 7:00 P.P4., a joint public hearing was held before the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the City Council, of the City of La Porte, Texas, pursuant to due notice, • to consider the question of the possible re-classification of the zoning classification of the hereinafter described parcel of land. There is attached to this Ordinance as "Exhibit A," and incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof for all purposes, a copy of "iJotice of Public Hearing" which the City Council of the City of La Porte~tiereby finds was properly mailed to the owners of all properties located within two hundred feet (200') of the properties under consideration. Section 2. The Publisher's Affidavit of publication of notice of said hearing is attached hereto as "Exhibit B,"~incor- porated by reference herein and made apart hereof for all purposes. Section 3. Subsequent to such public hearing, the City of La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission met in special session- on 1~larch 24, 1982, to consider the changes in classification which were the subject of such joint public hearing. The City Council of the City of La Porte is in receipt of the written recom:nerdations of the City of La Porte P1anr7ing and Zoning Com- mission, by letter dated March 24, 1982, the original of which letter is attached hereto as "Exhibit C," incorporated by ref- • erence herein, and made a part hereof for all purposes. .D I t _ _ _._ ~~ i Ordinance No. 780--LL~f_, page 2. Section 4. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby accepts the recommendation of tl~e City of La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission, and the zoning classification of the herein- after described parcel of land, situated within the corporate li~iits of the City of La Porte, is hereby changed in accordance therewith, and the zoning classification of said parcel of land shall hereafter be "Light Industrial," and with a special use • permit, with use strictly limited to alloca a container storage and repair yard. The description of said parcel of land re-zoned is as follows, to-wit: That certain 23-acre tract of land, more or less, out of Lot Thirteen (13),_ Staashen Subdivision, SAVE AND EXCEPT that portion noc•~ being utilized by Central Freight Lines, Inc., as more particularly shown on a plat outlined in yellow, attached hereto as Exhibit "D", incorporated by reference herein, and made a part hereof for all purposes. Section 5. It shall be a condition of this Special Use Per^~it that, at all times while the above-described property is used as a container storage and repair yard, that five feet (5') of said property along Highway 146 be densely planted and contin- uously maintained as a "green belt" visual screen, using pine' trees and shrubbery. Failure to keep and maintain such "green belt" shall cause this Special Use Per,nit to be subject to revoca- tion by City Council. Section 6. All ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed, to the extent of~conflict only. Section 7. This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage and approval. ,D.Z '/ • i Ordinance No. 780- ! y Y , Page 3. ~- PASSED AND APPROVED this v~~day of ~~~, 1982. CITY OF LA PORTE By Vi12GiNiR c~~M~:, Mayor ATTEST: C y ecretary APPROVED: City ttorney • • ,D3