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Upon motion duly mode, seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned.
Chairman
Attest:
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REGULAR P•~TING
ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION
AUGUST 1, 1972
The Zoning and Planning Commission of the City of West University Place con-
vened in regular session at the City Hall, Tuesday, August 1, 1972, with the
following members present: Chairman E. Gene Hines, presiding; Members L. B.
Bricker, M. C. Caldwell, Roland Dahliny and H. Allen Weatherby.
The following two letters were presented to the Commission for their informa-
tion. The Chairman was authorized at a called meeting on July 18, 1972 to
submit the information contained in the letters to the City Commission:
July 20, 1972
Mr. Whitt F. Johnson, City Manager
City of Jest University Place, Texas
3800 University Boulevard
~Iou_ston, Texas 77005
Dear Sir:-
In response ~o your letter of June 15, 1972 containing a recommendation
from the Zoning and Planning Commission of the City of West University.
Place, Texas for proposed estimates for .the 1973 Budget, the following
is submitted:
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7 - ZONING AA`D PLANNING
7-103 Clerical Salaries 300.00
7-201 Office Supplies 150.00
7-262 Legal Notices & Recording Fees 500.00
7-464 Judgements & Court Costs 1,000.00
7-1~b6 Legal Expenses 3,000.00
7-lt68 Planning 5c~o.00
TOTAL ESTIMATE $5,450.00
You will nat~ that Items 7-lt62 and 7-tt66 have been increased from the
amounts budgeted in previous years. The Zoning and Planning Commission
anticipates initiating action for rezoning certain properties and feels
these increases would be needed for notices and legal services required
in the preparation of ordinances. Whether or not we have properly cate-
gorized the items, we do not know, and whether services required in the
preparation of ordinances is chargeable to the Zoning and Planning portion
of .the budget has not been-.made clear to us. The Legal _:xpense request
item of $3,000.00 is, therefore, only a very rough estimate of possible
anticipated expenditures.
If additional information is needed, please contact us and we will do our
best to comply.
Fours very truly,
/s/ E. Gene :lines, Chairman
Zoning and Planning Commission
July 20, 1972
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
City of West University Place, Texas
Gentlemen:
At a called meeting of the Zoning and Planning Commission on July 18, 1972,
your request for a definition of an "enclosed porch" was discussed and the
following is the result of the discussion:
"We define an open porch as a roofed area open on at least two
or more sides, with little or no enclosure between supporting mem-
bers and basically open from floor to ceiling.
A screened porch meeting the above criteria tiaould be considered
an open porch.
Tree addition of lattice work, baffles, or louvered blinds would
not remove the porch from the "open" category... icweuer, when the
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porch is enclosed with permanent walls, windows, doors, glass
jalousies or fixed glass to the extent that it could be used as
a year-round habitable space, it ceases to be an open porch and
becomes part of the living area of the building and, as such, should
be subject to .all building lines, set-backs and other requirement s
of the current ordinances concerning living units."
Respectfully,
/s/ E. Gene Hines,.. Chairman
Zoning and Planning Commission
~ Discussion was held at length on the request of various citizens who appeared
~ at the June 27th meeting of the Zoning and Planning Commission for the closing
~ of Sewanee and Mercer Streets because of .the potential traffic problems which
~ will be created by the opening of the ~fmini-freeway" onto Bissonnet. A close
V look was taken at all properties involved and it was decided to pursue the
V matter to the point of getting additional information from the Fire Department
and the Police Department. The Chairman was instructed to write letters to
Fire Chief C. E. Duff in and Police Chief F:. E. Shipp requesting that they meet
with the Commission a.t its next re~,ular meeting on September 5, 1972 to discuss
this request and traffic problems in general.
Minutes of the regulax meeting of June 27, 1972 were presented to the Commission
and approved as submitted.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned.
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Cha rman
Attest:
Secretary
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