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Regular Meeting of the City Council July 8, 2002 Page 3 A motion was made by Councilman Bell, seconded by Councilman Weekly, to deny the zoning change as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The motion failed with 3 ayes, 3 nays. Mayor Pfiester, Council Member McCarthy, and Council Member Plata voted no. Mayor Pfiester asked for a positive vote on this item. A motion was made by Councilman McCarthy for approval of the ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilman Plata and failed with a 4 to 2 vote, with Mayor Pro Tem Manning and Council Member Bell voting no. Mayor Pfiester declared the public hearing open on the petition of Earl Posey for a change in zoning from a One-Family Dwelling District No. 2(SF-2) to a Two- Family Dwelling District on Lots 2 and 3, City Block 300, being located in the 500 Block of 24t'' Street NW. Mayor Pfiester called for proponents to appear, and Tommy Posey, 815 33rd NW, came forward telling the City Council that he was representing his brother, Earl Posey. He advised that they wanted to construct a duplex on a four and one-half acre tract of land. Mr. Posey said his brother is going to live in one side of the duplex and rent the other side out. Mr. Posey said one of the issues that was brought up at the last meeting was safety because of the duplex being too close to the school. He advised the City Council that there is a duplex three blocks from the school; Crockett School has duplexes one block from it and across the street; Aikin has one within two blocks; Justiss has them within three blocks; North Lamar has them on the same road; and Paris Junior has duplexes located on the same campus. Mr. Posey said the neighbors want the neighborhood to stay the same. Mr. Posey said Earl has had this pasture for fifteen years and it pretty well stayed clean and mowed. All it has ever been was a cow pasture, but it does not bring in any tax revenue for the City of Paris. There were other cow pastures that Mr. Posey talked about such as Kimberly- Clark, Paris High School, Morningside, Walmart , and TaMolly's . He stated that they were all located on land that were cow pastures at one time and that now gives us jobs, places to eat, health care, schools, and tax money.