HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Returns Zoning Change to Commission; newspaper article (Feb. 1968)
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~:Ilcil J!.:,t"rns:,Zoniflg
Change To CfJmmission
, " By SUSAN"PAT'l'ON
Eagle City EditOr '
Strol!g. opposJtion al a' public
h~aring on' 'rezoning of approxi-
mat~IY 1~0 am:es of land in Col-
lege . St,ation resulted' in a City
CounctI ,decision 'Monday night
to r~tl1rn the proposed mnin'g ,
'change to the 'city'oS Planning
! ~nd 'ZoIJ,ing, Commission.
. The Hind in que~ti9n is own~d
,by Vlctor anc;l Albert ,Dominik
, ~ti(;J' is;bounded by Highway 30,
- ,a~v~xte!tsion of Munson Avenue
','ap~''C6I1ege Hill's.
" ;' 'S~vehil '. developers, including
,'Cpl'tn>p'i:Fr, Realty, had asked
, 'tity Council rezone the
' 1J;omiJ)istrict 1, First
:"';~ ..'jHqi!~~l1Pi!ltFict, to Dis-.
~i!lr~f.~!'APar~e~ Houseo'DistI'ict.
~" ,",'gf:p.:resen, tin, g, t, h" e de, velopers..
~~iY~~ ~!'Jl~~d to ,the
group of about-50 property own.
ers the plan for developing the
area.. He said that the apart-
mentS wouldJ>e, "garden apart-
,menl's" anllf){hah eventually the
~ developers 'planned to construct
an area of li6mesnext to the
zone' of apai~llIei1ts.
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Copies of a petition circula~ed
among area residents objeCting,' ~
to the con s t ruction of apart-
ments were 'presented for the
ccmmission's consideration. Fol-
lowing discussion and questions
from the floor directed at Cul-
pepper, the Council voted unani- ~
.mously to ask the Planning and
Zoning Commission to study the
area again and to make recom-
men d a t ions resolving differ-
ences between developers and
homeowners.
. The commission meets on the
{jrst Monday of each month an~
the 'meetings are open to the
(See COUNCIL, P e
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June 14 was set as/the date or
a bUdget meeting to which de.
partment heads Will be inVited
as guest~. The meeting Will be
'held 'at 6 P.m. in the Ramada
Inn. ,
A reportJrom C. D. Wells on
"the, city'S s e W.~ g e treatment
...plant was"~c~tVed"by~the ,COUll'-
,ci!, 'Whi~- ,qtect" ~Q 'b!tilg addi.
.. al 's' ,; "r eds. The
'\v .,' 'ed . "a
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ap'" meas , 'Ul(f; '"be
~ulf~C(~~t~f.~~;[~ou , ,,_. e more
.ye:;a,r-r$' at the, pr.esent growth
-rate, he r~POtted. ,
The council also considered
,name changes for. -several"
'~treets lh' COllege ''Siltion and'
dbci4~d to".put tqe q,qe,s,tion to
tile pepple ofthe city ih~th(! form
of a news release.
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\4: request by the Jaycee's for
~aJocati~'_in which to hbld a'car-
nival was turned down by the
,coUncil. The group expressed ap-
preCiation ~or ,the. actiVities of
the Jaycees, but stilted that no
suitable are,a was located P1 the
city limits. Two 10"cati'orrs, one
near RedmOnd Terrace and one
near the Circle Drive-In, were
eliminated because of distur-
bances that Would occur to the I'
residents of the area. j