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SPOCIAL MEETING
PLANNING AND ZONING ca.1MISSION
MAY 2, 1994
A SPOCIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION WAS
HEID ON MONDAY, MAY 2, 1994, AT 7: 00 P .M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL
CHAMBERS • THE FOLLCJ/JING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
JORDAN
FINGER
McHUGH
CRESS
HOOVER -CITY PLANNER
BRINKMAN -SOCRETARY
WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, BAKER, DICKSON, AND WASSON ABSENT, VICE CHAIRMAN
JORDAN OPENED THE DOCKETED JOINT PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC
C0.\1MENI', EITHER ORAL OR WRITI'EN, REGARDING THE FOI.J..CWING REQUESTS:
A: ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE RE)JUEST OF (CSC) cx:M-1UNITY
SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT TO (SFR) SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING DISTRICT FOR • 826 ACRES OF LAND OI'HERWISE I<NO"NN AS
208 WEST EDGEWOOD DRIVE.
MR. HICKS ADDRESSED THE ca.1MISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. HE STATED
THAT HIS PURPOSE FOR THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REX)UEST WAS TO
REDUCE HIS TAXES. HE STATED THAT HIS PROPERTY IS VALUED AT $2.50
PER SQUARE FOCYr AS OPPOSED TO $. 75 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERI'IES.
CCMMISSIONER CRESS STATED THAT IN THE PAST, THE VALUATION OF
PROPERTY WAS NOI' BASED ON ZONING BUI' RATHER ON THE LOCATION OF THE
PROPERTY. IF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL IN EFFECT, PROPERI'Y VALUE WOULD
REMAIN THE SAME AS WILL THE TAXES. COUNCIIMEMBER MEASELES ASKED
IF THIS OOULD BE SPOI' ZONING AND IF THE CITY COUID EVEN AI.JfliJ IT.
CITY ATTORNEY OLSON STATED THAT REDUCTION IN TAXES IS NOI' A VIABLE
OPTION FOR sror ZONING. WITH NO OI'HER ca.1MENT EITHER FOR OR
AGAINST THE ZONE CHANGE REX)UEST, VICE CHAIRMAN ,JORDAN CLOSED THE
PUBLIC HEARING AND ADJOURNED THE SPOCIAL MEETING OF THE PLANNING
AND ZONING ca.1MISSION.
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