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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03181975 ZPC Minutes~~ REGULAR MEETING ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MARCH 18, 1975 The Zoning and Planning Commission of the City of West University Place convened in regular session, Tuesday, March 18, 1975., 7:30 p.m., with the following members present: Chairman Hines, presiding; Members Bartholomew and Weatherby. Mr. Dahlin and Mr. Lipscomb were absent. The meeting was recessed for five minutes. Mr. Dahlin .came to the meeting during the recess. The Chairman ascertained that proper notice of meeting had been posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall three days prior to the scheduled meeting as re- quired by HB3, Amending 6252-17 V.C.S. Mr. William Perlmutter, Perlmutter Company, Realtors, presented a site plan for clusterhouses which he proposes to construct at the northeast corner of Bellaire and Buffalo Speedway. He was assisted in his presentation by Mr. Alex Wong,. Alex Wong and Associates, Architects. The plan is comprised of 14 units of I I /2, 2 and 2 I /2 story dwellings and common area. The units will be designed to sell for $50,000 to $74,000, and Mr. Perlmutter stated they planned to start construction approximately 60 days after approval. of plans. Mr. Perlmutter was advised that the Zoning and Planning Commission would review and study the site plan presented and would discuss it further with him at their regularly scheduled meeting on April 8,1975. Mr. Perlmutter thanked the members and stated he would be happy to furnish any information they required. Mr. Bartholomew presented a draft of a Final Report to be submitted to the City Commission recommending that Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 and East 10 ft. of 10, Block I Kent Place Addition City of West University Place, Texas 3600 Block of Bellaire Boulevard be rezoned for townhouses and/or clusterhouses, and also recommending regulations to be incorporated into an ordinance rezoning said property. Motion by Mr. Dahlin, seconded by Mr. Weatherby, that the draft of the Final Report recommending that Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 and East 10 ft. of 10, Block I Kent Place Addition City of West University Place, Texas be adopted as submitted. (Copy of the Final Report will be on file in the office of the City Manager.) Voting Aye: All Present .Voting No: None [~ Mr. Weatherby and Mr. Dahlin presented a draft of a Final Report to be submitted to the City Commission recommending that Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, Block 25, Collegeview I st Addition City of West University Place, Texas 4000 Block of Ruskin Lf~ O Q A [~ be rezoned for parking, and also recommending regulations to be incorporated into an ordinance rezoning said property. Motion by Mr. Bartholomew, seconded by Mr. Weatherby, that the draft of the Final Report recommending that Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, Block 25 Collegeview I st Addition City of West University Place, Texas 4000 Block of Ruskin be rezoned for parking be adopted with the following changes: a. Page I -The sentence immediately following description of the read: "The following regulations are recommended:". b. Page 2 - no. 4 shall read "Entrances or exits shall be allowed on Ruskin Street and on Weslayan Street". c. Page 2 -Add "9. Plans for development of parking lots shall be subject to review and approval of the Zoning and Planning Commis- sion". (Copy of the Final Report will be on file in the office of the.. City Manager.) Voting Aye: All Present Voting No::None . Minutes of the special meeting on February 25, .1975 of the Zoning and Planning Commission were presented and approved as corrected. The opinion of Chief Justice Tom F. Coleman affirming the judgment in the case of Don D. Myers, Appellant vs. Zoning and Planning Commission of the City of West University Place, et al, Appellees, appealed fom District Court of Harris County was presented to the Commission for their information. The following letter was presented to the Commission for their information and made a part of these minutes: 5511 Cheltenham Housfion, Texas 77035 March 4th, 1975 Mr. E. Gene Hines 3748 Rice Boulevard Houston, Texas 77005 Dear Mr. Hines: I had been looking forward to the next .meeting of the West University Place City Commission, hoping for the end of the discriminatory zoning of the 4000 block of Ruskin Street. It seems I have been very naive. Perhaps I should have taken a hint from the seating at the last Zoning and Planning meeting, with the S. W. Bell representative seated together with the Z&P members at the conference table, and the rest of us in the audience. Even the questions and answers seemed pre-arranged. Although you are fond of saying I hear only what I want to hear, I think you will concede that, toward the end of the meeing, when I asked you why the re- commendations for change of zoning had been separated, with the Bell lots in one recommendation, and the remaining four lots in another, you told me it was done "for discussion purposes only". Also you made it clear that though the Z&P Board .had voted in favor of both re- commendations, it was up to the City Commission to accept or reject either or both of the recommendations. An alarm bell did ring at that time, but I did so want to believe in the sincerity and straight forwardness of the Z&P Board. I discussed the last Z&P meetingwith people well versed in these matters, who: told me had they been present, they would have anticipated the separafion of recommendations; that this is a well-known maneuver to assure passage of one recommendation, and reject or tabling of the other. Regretfully, the ploy does now seem very obvious. Therefore, though I am still looking forward to the City Commission meeting, their action regarding our property, like the action of the Z&P Board, has the appearance of pre-arrangement. How nice it would be, for a change, if such were not. the case. We"II see. Sincerely, Miriam S. Israel (Mrs. Julius M. Israel) A work session was scheduled for Tuesday, March 25, 1975, 7:30 p.m. to study the site plan presented to the Commission from Mr. William Perlmutter for the proposed construction of clusterhouses at the northeast corner of Buffalo Speedway and Bellaire Boulevard, and it was decided to ask the. Chief of Police and Fire Chief to review the site plan and give the Commission written comments on same and request that they meet with the Commission on the 25th. 1 ~l With no further business to come before the Commission at this time, upon motion duly made, seconded and carried the meeting adjourned. ATTEST: ecretary ~iairman 1