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749 MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND'ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 8, 1994 The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Paris, Texas met in regular session Monday, February 7, 1994 at 5:30 P.M. in the Council Room, City Hall, Paris, Texas with the following members present: 1. Barbara Gann 2. Marshall Kent, Jr. 3. Aaron Jenkins 4. Joe McCarthy 5. Louis Yates, Jr. Also present was Joe McCollum, Director of Community Development. Marshall Kent serving as Chairman in the absence of Chairman Reeves Hayter and Vice - Chairman Eric Clifford, called the meeting to order and called for the first item on the agenda. A motion was made by Mr. McCarthy, seconded by Mr. Jenkins to bring from the table, the public hearing to consider a change in zoning from a One Family Dwelling District No. 2 (SF -2) and Neighborhood Service District (NS) to a General Retail District (GR) on Lots 8- A, 8 -B, 9, 10, 10 -A and 11, City Block 222 -B and on Lots 16 and 17 and part of Lots 15 and 18, City Block 286 located between Lamar Avenue and E. Price Street from Collegiate Drive west to a point 158 feet west of 27th N.E. (Tabled at the January 3, 1994 Meeting). The motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. Mr. Kent declared the public hearing open and called for proponents to come forward. Eddie McFadden speaking for most of the property owners in the area under consideration stated that they had experienced diminishing property values of their homes due to their locations. He said they were to the point where the land was all the value remaining. He requested approval of the change to General Retail zoning. Reeves Hayter joined the meeting at this time. No one else spoke on the matter and the public hearing was closed. Following discussion, a motion was made by Mr. McCarthy, seconded by Mr. Yates to recommend approval of the change. The motion carried 5 ayes and 1 nay. Chairman Hayter voted nay. Chairman Hayter called for a motion to bring from the table, the Public Hearing to consider the petition of the Lamar County Human Resources Council, Inc., for a change in zoning from a One Family Dwelling District No. 2 (SF -2) to a Planned Development - Housing District (PD -b) on Lot 9, City Block 311 located at 3390 Clarksville Street. (Tabled at the January 3, 1994 Meeting).