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REGULAR MEETING
ZONING AND PLANNING CCTSSION
.....OCTOBER. 9, 1973
The Zoning and ~'ianna~g Commission of the Ca;ty o~ West University Place convened
in regular session at the City Ha11, 7:30 p,m,, Tuesday, October 9, 1973, with
the following members present: Chairman E, Gene Hines, presiding; Members Bartho-
lomew, Dahlin, and Weatherby, Mr. Lipscomb was out of town,
The minutes of the regular meeting of the Zoning and Planning Commission on
September 11, 1973 approved as corrected relative to cross reference of denial of
Myers sub-division and cross reference to reading file concerning letter from Mr.
~,~ Ron Shoup on the development of Independence Fark,
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~ The time sequence of submission of minutes of the Zoning and Funning Commission
'-'~ to the City Commission was discussed. The Zoning and Planning Commission decided
V that only its approved minutes should be submitted to the City Commission. It was
V agreed that a letter should be directed to the Gity Commission advising it of this
decision.
The following members of the Environmental Improvement Committee: Mrs. Waynell
Gregory, Chairman, Mrs, Travis Long and Mr, Ron Shoup, appeared at the meeting by
prearrangement to discuss with the Zoning and Planning Carmnission Fence Ordinance
No. 896 and Ordinance No. 1000 amending Ordinance No. 896. The Environmental
Improvement Committee has been studying the ordinance with the view of making
recommendations to the City Commission for possible changes.
Mr. Hines welcomed the members of the Committee and asked if they would give a
brief background on the Envirormiental Improvement Committee as to purpose and
type of committee as it is newly formed and the members of the Zoning and Planning
Commission were not familiar with its organization.
Mrs. Waynell Gregory, Chairman of the Environmental Improvement Committee, said
she thought the Resolution which created the committee would answer these questions
and she read from Resolution No. 73-9 which created the Committee: ...created
and established a Committee to be known as the Beautification Committee, which
committee shall consist of seven (7) members.... The Committee shall be autho-
rized and required to: (a) Advise the City Commission on ways and means to encourage
citizens to improve and beautify their yards and residences; (b) Recommend to the
City Commission ways and means to beautify and improve common and public areas;
(c) Perform such other duties with reference to matters specified above as the City
Commission may from time to time request.... Appointed to serve for a period of
one (1) year from the date of Resolution, or until appointment and qualification of
their successors." She also stated that the name "Beautification Committee" was
changed to "Environmental Improvement Committee" by vote of the members.
A detailed, step by step discussion was held on each section of Fence Ordinance
No. 896 and Ordinance No. 1000, as well as a letter from Mr. Bill Sawyer, Vice-
Chairman of the Environmental Improvement Commission, to the City Commission which
outlined several changes the Environmental Improvement Committee recommended be
made in the ordinance. (See Reading File in office of the City Manager for copy
of letter.)
It was .generally concluded by both groups, that Fence Ordinance No. 896 and Ordi-
nance No. 1000 amending said Fence Ordinance need to be revised and the following
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items in particular should be scrutinized closely far possible changes:
1. Allowance for fences under certain conditions (i.e., heavy
traffic areas). to extend a fence beyond the _'hnain'' wall of
the building.
2. Parallel fences.
3. Height of fences.
4. The way a fence faces.
5. Definition of words, such as "main" wall a
6. Rewording of certain sections to make meaning clear.
7. Ingress and egress through rear property line fences.
The Chairman of the Zoning and Planning Commission expressed thanks to the members
of the Environmental Improvement Committee for coming to the meeting for the dis-
cussion and asked that the Zoning and Planning Commission be kept advised. of any
recommendations they make to the City Commission concerning the Fence Ordinance or
other matters which involve the responsibilities of the Zoning and Planning Comu~i-
sion. The Environmental Improvement Committee chairman agreed and asked that the
Zoning and Planning reciprocate.
There being no further business to come before the Commission,. on motion duly
made, seconded and carried, the meeting adjounred at 1Q:24 p.m.
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