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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 03/17/1976 - SpecialPRESENT: Mayor Jason Luby Mayor Pro Tem Tipton Commissioners: Eduardo de Ases Ruth Gill Bob Gulley Gabe Lozano, Sr. Edward Sample MINUTES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS SPECIAL, COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 17, 1976 3:30 P.M. City Manager R. Marvin Townsend City Attorney J. Bruce Aycock City Secretary Bill G. Read Mayor Luby called the meeting to order in the Council Chambers of City Hall. City Secretary Read noted that there was a quorum of the Council and the necessary Charter Officers present to have a legally constituted meeting. City Manager Townsend presented Application #176-7, Robert Campbell, for change of zoning from "R -1B" One -family Dwelling District to "B-4" General Business District, on Lots 42 thru,45, Block "S", Don Patricio Addition, located on the east side of Flour Bluff Drive approximately 295' south of its intersection with Don Patricio Road. He stated that the recommendation of the Planning Commission is that it be denied, but in lieu thereof a special permit be approved for an air conditioning sales and repair service on Lots 44 and 45 only, according to the site plan approved by the Commission on February 17, 1976 which met minimum requirements of the ordinance. City Manager Townsend'added that Mr. Campbell had submitted a letter to the Council asking them to waive the screening fence requirement, also; and that in response to notification of'the hearing, three letters had been received in'favor of the application, and none in opposition. No one from the audience spoke regarding the matter. Motion by Tipton,' seconded by Lozano and passed, that the hearing be closed. Motion by Gill, seconded by Tipton and passed, that'Application #176-7, Robert Campbell, for change of zoning from "R -1B" to "B-4" be denied, but in lieu thereof a special permit be approved for an air conditioning sales and repair service on Lots 44 and 45 only, according to the site plan approved by the Planning Commission on February 17, 1976 which met minimum requirements of the ordinance, and as amended to include the requirement that a fence be built along the appropriate property lines if an adjacent residential structure is'built. City Manager Townsend next presented the Text Amendment to Zoning Ordinance No. 6106, to amend Article 13, "B-1" Neighborhood Business District Regulations, Section 13-2, Use Regulations, paragraphs (4), (7), and (12) as follows: Minutes Special Council Meeting March 17, 1976 Page 2 (4) Dressmaking, tailoring, shoe repairing, repair of household appliances and bicycles, dry cleaning and pressing, upholstery 'shop, bakeries with sale of bakery products on the premises, and other uses of a similar character,provided that no use permitted in this item shall be operated outside a building or occupy more than 2,500 square feet of floor area. N N• (7) Add the words "On -premise" at the beginning of the paragraph, prior to the word "advertising". (12) Striking the period and adding the words "customarily inci- dental to the uses permitted in the district." Recommendation of Planning Commission: That Article 13, Section 13-2 Use Regulations be amended by adding "upholstery shop" as a permitted use, but that the use not be restricted to inside a building; and that Paragraphs (7) and (12) be amended as proposed by the staff. Mr. Ramon Castaneda spoke relative to the text amendment; that he was fearful its approval would limit expansion of his upholstery shop business. ':Motion by Tipton, seconded by Gulley and passed, that the hearing be closed. ' Motion by Tipton, seconded by Gulley and passed, to accept the recommendation of the Planning Commission on the text amendment. • Motion by Gill, seconded by de Ases and passed, that the Special Council Meeting be recessed until 4:00 p.m., March 24, 1976.