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Home My WebLink About12-10-1987 Public Hearing and Regular MeetingAGENDA _P_UBL.-IC--HARING & REGULAR,.M.EE.T~NG--QF-T~H~E -I,A PORTE''+ PL INNA NG & ZOtdINGj `; COhiMISSI0I~J TO BE HELD ON :IECEMBER 1!t7,_Y1987,,., IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS~~ O~F `T•HE`~"~L`A PORTE CITY HALL;"'S0"~4-'~~aE~ST FAIRMOiVT PARKWAY, LA PORTE, TEXAS, BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE NOVEPiBER 5, 1987 PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING 3. CALL PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER A. CONSIDER ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH'S SPECIAL CONDITIONAL PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PAVILION AND PARKING FACILITIES AT 816 PARK STREET. 1. .PROPONENTS 2. OPPONEPITS 4. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING • 5. CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ST. MARY~S CATHOLIC CHURCH'S SPECIAL CONDITIO)`JAL USE PERMIT APPLI- CATION . 6. CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CITY OF LA PORTE ZONING MAP A. CONSIDER RECLASSIFICATION) OF BLOCK g3; BAYFRONT FROM R-1 LOW DEtdSITY RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL B. CONSIDER RECLASSIFICATION OF A 2.984 ACRE AND A 1.239 ACRE TRACT OUT OF 198.898 ACRES OF LAND IN THE W.M. JONES SURVEY SHOWN AS TRACT 3 ON THE DECEMBER 3, 1987 PLAT OF THE FAIRMONT PARK AREA 7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS PROPOSED SIGN REGULATION AMENJDMENTS TO CITY ZONING ORDItdANCE N0. 1501 8. ADJOURN • STATE GF TE::!_~ COUNTY OF HAkRIS • CITY OF LA PORTE PiOTICE OF PUBLIC f'EARING In accordance with Ordinance 1501, the City of La Porte Zoning Ordinance, notice is Y,ereby given tt~rat the La Porte Planning and Zoning Cornrr~issian wi]] conduct a Public t~!earing at 7:00 P.I. ;on_the_.10~th_ day tof_December,`1.9~7.; in the Council CP!anlbers of t}~,e G]ty Hal], 60~ 4;est Fairmont Parkway, La Forte, Texas. T}~~e Purpose of tl•~e Fub].ic Hearing is to consider the rea,uest cif ~t~.;' tfa'r•;-'.~ C;ethclic Ct-,ur•ct-,, 510 Fark 1. Street., for a SPeci.a] Gondi.tional Use Perrr!it. to allow far an expansion of a iKeli€iot?:: faci]it.;- wit.t!ir! an F.-1 law der!:•:~ty, r•e:;ident]~~1 r.cr~e. The Property included is as follows: Lots 1-1~.and Lcts 24-28, Block ?3, Beach Parlc Lots 2-18 end Lcts 27-28, ];lcclc 3L, Beach Park All of Block 35, Beach Park All of Bloclc 36, Beach Farlc A regular meeting wi].1 be held fcl.lowin.g tf•?e public r!ear•ir!g for• tY,e ~~ur•pase of acting upon the Public hearing item and conduct other n~atter•s pertaining to the Flanning and Zoning Comrr!ission. Citizens wishing to address this issue n;ay do so in writing, addressed to t};e City Secretary, P.O. Box 1115, La Porte, Texas 17571. Citizens wishing to address the Corr~rr,i.ssion pro or con during the Fublic Hearing will be reo,uired to sign in before the meeting is convened. CITY UP LA PC~F.TE Cherie Black City Secretary • ' LA ~tTE PLANNING & ZONING COMM~SION MINUTES PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 10~ 1987 Chairman Doug Latimer called the meeting to order at 7:03 P.M. Members Present: Jack Gresham, Charles Boyle, Lola Phillips, Janet Graves, Inge ;Browder l~.embers Absent: Commissioner Bobby Blackwell City Staff Present: Joel Albrecht, Director of Comm. Development; Mark Lewis, City Inspector; Ervin Griffith, Building Official/Zoning Administrator; John Armstrong, Asst. City Attorney; Nina Dye, Inspection Secretary; John Joerns, Asst. City Manager; Janie Luna, Asst. to the City Manager • Others Present: Interested Citizens First item on the agenda was approving the minutes from the November 5, 1987 Public Hearing. There was a motion by Charles Boyle and a second by Jack Gresham to approve the minutes as read. The vote was unanimous and the motion carried. Next item was to call to order the public hearing to consider a Special Conditional Use Permit Application for St. Mary's Catholic Church for the construction of a Pavilion and parking facilities at 816 Park Street. Tippy Boudreaux, Representative for St. Mary's Catholic Church spoke in favor of this request for construction. Ed Wolf, Property Owner - he has property abutting St. Mary's proposed area for construction. His only concern is the drainage or runoff causing flooding for the area homes. Carlos Smith, Church Member - As a member of the church, he is in favor of this new construction and as an Engineer, the drainage is adequate for this site. y ® • PLANNING & ZONING MINUTES DECEMBER 10, 1987 PAGE 2 Staff is recommending that this application for St. Mary's Catholic Church be granted and include a special condition that the parking be screened from the adjoining residences. Doug Latimer called for discussion regarding this permit. John Joerns pointed out that the drainage system should be delt with by the City and County, not the Church. The City and Church needs to preserve a working relationship should there be any future problems with the drainage. There was a motion by Charles Boyle and a second by Jack Gresham to grant St. Mary's Church the Special Conditional Use Permit for the construction of the pavilion with there being two provisions. First, the drainage system problem should be resolved and second, there should be adequate screening for the parking area. The vote was unanimous. Public Hearing closed. Staff recommended Block 93 be reclassified from R-1 Low Density Residential to General Commercial. • There was a motion by Inge Browder and a second by Janet Graves to grant this reclassification from R-1 to GC in Block 93. There being no opposition, the motion carried. Staff recommended reclassifying the 2.984 acre and the 1.239 acre tract out of the 198.898 acres of land in the W.M. Jones Survey to Neighborhood Commercial. There was a motion by Jack Gresham and a second by Inge Browder to grant this reclassification to Neighborhood Commercial. There being no opposition, the motion carried. Doug Latimer opened the floor to the Commission for any discussion on any property to be considered under the six month review. There was none. Joel Albrecht, Sign Ordinance Input. Doug Latimer a • on the revised First, letters Commerce; Greg Director of Comm. Development addressed the new revised and briefly read through several sections with Citizen sked several envolved citizens to come forward and speak sign ordinance. were read by Doug Latimer from David Brady, Chamber of Sills, Mr. Mercury and Dr. Mock. . r • • ' ~LANNING & ZONING MINUTES DECEMBER 10, 1987 PAGE 3 Mark Williams, Owner of Sylvan Drugs: More research necessary on the portables signs, HL&P requirements and freestanding and roof signs. His personal concerns-ordinance will decrease new businesses coming into the La Porte area; the sign above the roof at his store is considered a non-conforming sign and would cost him an excessive amount of money to replace it from storm damage according to the proposed sign ordinance; each merchant should be able to have at least one on site sign. Joe Camp Jr., Joe Camp Ford: Portable signs are very successful for his business due to interest rates and rebates changing almost daily. Without this type of advertisement, revenues for his dealership would drop drastically. He is no longer advertising on billboards mainly because of the cost involved to maintain them but feels they are necessary. He has a roof top sign on the rent car building approximately 40 to 45 feet off the road and has been very effective. For the month of November, a survey was taken by Joe Camp Ford and results are as follows: 50X of business based on location 23~ of business based on referrals 13~ of business based on past customers 6~ of business based on employees 2~ of business based on friends 3~ of business based on phone After taking this survey, he relates the signage to his location which is the reason for such a high percentage. He further states that when Ford Motor Company comes to do an on site survey, Joe Camp Ford is required to have certain signs of certain size on their premises in order to maintain their franchise. More research necessary. Janet Warhlich~ Gray n rpr~ses: Addressed over regulation on signs. Only necessary to deal with certain sign areas that need more regulation and not all of them. Specifically, General Homes need signs to inform people where to buy their houses. At this time General Homes are permitted to advertise with a Temporary Sign Permit for a limited amount of time that the Development is selling houses. She objects to the removal of temporary .signs and feels they should be able to keep their signs until all of the homes are sold by changing the 90~ to 100 subdivision built out. She feels that signs which are damaged by weather conditions should not have to be replace with different signage and should be Belt with on a case by case basis. She is in agreement with removing portable signs off of vacant properties. .Tz~y Spradling., ~~02 Valley Brook: He is in favor of a sign ordinance and opposes portable signs because they are mostly located in the wrong • areas and are not well maintained. e • PLANNING & ZONING DECEMBER 10,1988 PAGE 4 L.~nda Westergren. Chamber President: Requesting more research on sign ordinance. Her opinion on portable signs on vacant lots and thoroughfares should be seriously reviewed. Paul Felmer ~ President, Fairmont Park Homeowner Assoc: With additional time and work, an ordinance can be agreed upon for both the City and the Business Community. Rob Schmerler, Patrick Media Groun: Concerned about the issue on total prohibition of billboards. These signs should be able to remain in the commercial areas in which they belong. With proper regulations, these billboards can be a great asset for the area. This prohibition of billboards invades freedom of speech. Specific towns that have adequate regulations ,for the billboards are the City of Pasadena and the City of Baytown. Yet in Baytown, the permit fee is very steep. Use incentives such as tax abatements to get businesses to cooperate with the proposed sign ordinance. Charlie Young, Interested Citizen: He feels that if the merchants would treat their customers like they want their business, this would increase their sales. Portable signs are not the reason for poor business. inhn Paul Zemanek, Chamber; In favor of portable signs on site. There was a motion by Charles Boyle and a second by Jack Gresham to adjourn. The motion was unanimous. Respectfully submitted, Nina Dye, Inspection cretary Minu approved day of ~~^'~'~~, 1988 oug Latimer, Chairman