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02/07/2005 MINUTESMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 7, 2005 The Planning and Zoning Commission met Monday, February 7, 2005, 5:30, Lamar County Fairgrounds, Westside Building, 570 E. Center Street, Paris, Texas with the following members present: 1. Reeves Hayter 2. Carl Lucas 3. Bobby Myers 4. Barbara Forrest 5. Marshall Kent 6. Russell McCain 7. Brad Archer Lisa Wright, the Director of Community Development, was also present. 1. The meeting was called to order by Reeves Hayter at 5:30 p.m. 2. The minutes from the June 19, 2004 and January 3, 2005, meeting were approved with a motion by Carl Lucas, seconded by Bobby Myers. Motion carried by a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. 3. Public Hearing to consider the petition of Brad Drake for a change in zoning from a Commercial District (C) to a Light Industrial District (LI) on Lot 27 -A, City Block 251, being located at 205 Loop 286 NW. The public hearing was declared open. There was no one present to speak for or against the petition. The public hearing was declared closed. 4. Consideration of and action on the petition of Brad Drake for a change in zoning from a Commercial District (C) to a Light Industrial District (LI) on Lot 27 -A, City Block 251, being located at 205 Loop 286 NW. The petitioner was not present, and no other people were present for the public hearing to speak for or against the zoning change, and the Planning and Zoning Minutes February 8, 2005 Page 2 Commission discussed whether they should bring the item from the table. Carl Lucas reminded the Commission that, in the past, it had been their practice to deny zoning requests when the petitioner failed to appear twice in a row. The Commission agreed. Motion was made to remove the item from the table by Bobby Myers, seconded by Carl Lucas. Motion carried by a vote of 6 ayes and 1 nay. Motion was made to deny the petition by Brad Archer, seconded by Bobby Myers. Motion carried by a vote of 6 ayes and 1 nay. 5. Consideration of and action on the Replat of the Northwest Paris Industrial Park. Reeves Hayter was excused from consideration of this item. Gary Vest of the Paris Economic Development Corporation was present and reported to the Commission that work was complete and that two lots had been sold. He told the Commission he had met with the City Engineer regarding his recommendations and that many were already completed and the remainder could be completed within a week. Motion was made to approve by Carl Lucas, seconded by Bobby Myers, subject to the City Engineer's Memo dated, February 7, 2005. Motion carried by a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. Reeves Hayter returned and assumed the chair. 6. Consideration of and possible action on revisions to the future land use categories on the Comprehensive Plan. Planning and Zoning Minutes February 8, 2005 Page 3 Brad Archer stated that the more general the plan is, the better it will be and it will last longer. Reeves Hayter handed out pages 45 and 46 from the Comprehensive Plan with appropriate zoning written in. The Commission agreed that "Planned Development" was too broad a category to list on the map since there were several types of planned development, such as residential, commercial, etc., and believed it was better to specify a use from which a type of planned development could be selected. The Commission questioned what "Central Area" use was and whether it would be better to specify a more specific use such as retail or commercial in the location known as the Central Area versus having a zoning classification called Central Area. Motion was made by Carl Lucas, seconded by Bobby Myers to remove from the categories of future land use "Long -Term Development" and "Planned Development," to combine "Retail," "Office," and "Commercial" categories into one, and to combine all "Residential" categories into one. Motion carried by a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays. Meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.