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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-05-1974 Joint Public Hearing• MINUTES - JOINT PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COMMISSION & PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION LA PORTE, TEXAS - AUGUST 5, 1974 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION PRESENT: Mayor E. A. Thomas, Commissioners C. D. C ristensen, I. J. Kibodeaux, A. Uel Price, and C. D. Boyle. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION ABSENT: None. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION PRESENT: Walter Ro erson, C airman; Wm. S. Love, Jr., Secretary; Lois Compton, J. H. Smith, and Wm. R. Shedelbower. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION ABSENT: None. OTHER CITY OFFICIALS PRESENT: Larry L. Broussard, Director of Finance; Margie Goyen, City Clerk; Knox Askins, City Attorney; Larry Morton, Acting Public Works Director; H. F. Freeman, Chief of Police. • OTHERS PRESENT: Johnny Busch, Consulting Engineer of Busch, Hutc ison & Associates. PRESIDING: Mayor Thomas. + + + 1. CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Thomas called the meeting to order. 2. INVOCATION - The invocation was given by Commissioner C r~iistensen. 3. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUEST FROM MR. DALE PORTER TO REZONE LOTS 1 THROUGH 16, BLOCK 1146, FROM RESIDENTIAL TD CnMMERCIAL_ Mayor Thomas called to order the joint public hearing to consider the request from Mr. Dale Porter to rezone Lots 1 through 16, Block 1146, from Residential to Commercial. It was ascertained that notices to all property owners within 200 feet of the property under consideration for rezoning were mailed on July 16, 1974, and that • Called Meeting - 8/5/74 - Continued i a Public Notice of this hearing was published in the official newspaper of the City on July 18, 1974. Mayor Thomas located the property in question on the map as being located off Highway 146 between West L and West M Streets. Mayor Thomas asked if there was anyone opposed to the rezoning that would like to speak. There being none, he asked if there was anyone to speak in favor of the rezoning. Mr. Walter Roberson, Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission was recognized and stated that the area in question in regard to rezoning is surrounded by property owned by one individual, owning 324 acres, who also has an application pending for the same classification. The individual owns the entire area except for two small outlots. The individuals property runs from the railroad out to Highway 146 and south to the city limit line. The pending application for rezoning is for Commercial with Light Industry on Special Permit on any plant that would go in. • Mayor Thomas asked if there were any other comments? There being none, declared the hearing closed. Since there was another piece of property to be considered for rezoning, it was the consensus of opinion to hold the hearing on the other property before the Planning and Zoning Commission recessed to make their recommendation and the Commission would vote on the property separately after the recommendation was presented. 2 4. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUEST FROM MR. E. D. BARKER AND BERNICE BARKER GALE TO REZONE 22.67 ACRES - TRACT 20, ABSTRACT 5 - E. BRINSON SURVEY, FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. Mayor Thomas called to order the joint public hearing to consider the request from Mr. E. D. Barker and Bernice Barker Gale to rezone 22.67 acres, Tract 20, Abstract 5, E. Brinson Survey, from Residential to Commercial. It was ascertained that notices to all property owners within 200 feet of the property under consideration for rezoning were mailed on July 16, 1974, and that a public notice of this hearing was published in the official newspaper of the City on July 18, 1974. • • • Called Meeting - 8/5/74 - Continued 3 • Mayor Thomas located the property in question on the map showing the city limit line as the west boundary, the railroad on the north, Lomax School Road on the south and Highway 225 on the east. Mayor Thomas asked if there was anyone opposed to the rezoning that would like to speak. There being none, he asked if there was anyone to speak in favor of the rezoning. Mr. Elmer D. Barker was recognized. Mr. Barker stated that he was also representing his sister, who was unable to attend the hearing. Mr. Barker stated that this property was just at the edge of La Porte and was surrounded almost entirely by commercial property. On the north is the railroad, which is Southern Pacific which has land between there and 225; on the west is being used for commercial property, you can see junk cars, which is adjoining property with his. On the other side is one acre which the Coastal Industrial Water Authority has bought and plan to use this for their headquarters when they start to lay their pipeline and will have all their construction equipment in there. Across the road is pasture land. He thanked the Commission for the opportunity • to speak. Mayor Thomas explained to Mr. Barker that when an area is annexed by La Porte, it automatically becomes R-1, Residential. According to the zoning rules, the Planning and Zoning Commission is suppose to go back and rezone the newly annexed property to proper use. This would include the Barker property and surrounding property. He further stated that he was sorry that this had not been done. At the present time, the City has an ordinance that has a fee for rezoning. Mayor Thomas stated that he and Mr. Roberson of the Planning and Zoning Commission had discussed the matter and were planning a work shop with the Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission to make revisions down through the whole area. If the Commission was in accord, after the revisions were made, he hoped to be able to reimburse a portion of the rezoning fee. Mayor Thomas further stated newly annexed property owners were victims of circumstance and should not be penalized for rezoning. But if after the first zoning change, property owners would have to pay the fee. Mr. Walter Roberson, Chairman of the Planning and • Zoning Commission was recognized and stated that a • LJ • Called Meeting - 8/5/74 - Continued study was being made in the immediate area where Mr. Barker's property is, and the ideas have not been presented to the Commission, but proposed a 1500 foot border or the city limit line on the west, all the way down to Spencer Highway; proposed to go on the east side to 16th Street. He further stated that although this had no bearing on the property in question, he wanted to give an idea of the extent of the proposed change going from 225 all the way down to Spencer on the west side. On the east side we propose to go from 225 all the way down to Fairmont Parkway, which is approximately 1500 feet, or to the 16th Street line. This would all be made Commercial property which forms a border against the railroad and allows them to build commercial in there and propose to add Light Industry with Special Permit Only for any application for any plant that is built in this district will come back before it can be built will have to apply for a special permit to build anything in the manufacturing area and we still have the control. First it comes before the Planning and Zoning Commission; next it goes to the building inspector; and then it comes back to the Commission for approval for any permit in that district. Mr. Roberson stated that he wanted to inform everyone what was being worked on and what they were going to ask the Commission to work with them on. Mayor Thomas asked if there was anyone else desiring to speak in favor of the rezoning? There being none, declared the public hearings closed. The meeting of the City Commission was recessed while the Planning and Zoning Commission met on the requests for rezoning. Mayor Thomas called the meeting to order and read the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation to approve the rezoning of Lots 1 through 16, Block 1146 from Residential to Commercial and 22.67 acres, Tract 20, Abstract 5, E. Brinson Survey from Residential to Commercial. 4 Motion by Commissioner Kibodeaux, seconded by Commissioner Price to approve the rezoning of Lots 1 through 16, Block 1146, from Residential to Commercial. Motion carried by the following vote: • AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. • • Called Meeting - 8/5/74 - Continued • Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Boyle to approve the rezoning of 22.67 acres, Tract 20, Abstract 5, E. Brinson Survey from Residential to Commercial. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Price, and Boyle. NAYS: None. + + + 0 Margie oyen, C y Clerk n U 5 •