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ISS regular meeting, june 25, 1979 page two Mr., Cavazos moved the ordinance De approved on first reading. Mr. James seconded the motion which passed unanimously., The Mayor opened a public hearing to consider a request for a change in the zoning of a 9.85 acre tract out of J., M. Veramendi League #2 from "R-l" to ..D..., The applicant, Cheryl N. Price, was present to request the zoning change. No oojections were presented. It was noted that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval. Mr. Breihan requested an overall development plan of the area Defore further consideration of the ordinance. Mr. Breihan said there were already drainage and traffic proolems in the area and that he felt high density zoning would contrioute to those problems. Mr. Hyatt agreed that there were problems in the area out he felt that due to a housing shortage in San Marcos, that it was important to encourage land development for this use. Mr. Sutton concurred. Pollowing the public hearing, an ordinance having the following caption was read: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMEND~ ING SECTION 3 OF THAT ORDINANCE WHICH REGULATES AND RESTRICTS THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND, DATED MAY 23, 1966 (VOL. 321 BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF A 9.85 ACRE TRACT OUT OF J. M. VERAMENDI LEAGUE #2 (YURTHER DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT Al, LOCATED ON RIVER ROAD, FROM "R-l" (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO "D" (MULTI-FAMILY) . Mr. Cavazos moved to approve the ordinance on first reading. Mr. Hyatt seconded the motion. Following further discussion, Mr. Hyatt requested the motion De amended to defer second and third readings to the regular meeting schedule as opposed to holding further readings at specially scheduled Council meetings for June 26th and June 27th. Mr. Cavazos agreed to the amendment.. On roll call, the following vote was recorded: AYE: Hansen, James, Sutton, Tenorio, Cavazos', Hyatt NAY: Bre ihan ., The Mayor opened a public hearing to consider a request for a change in the zoning of a 10.R7 acre tract out of T., J. Chambers Survey from "R-l" to "D". Mr. Robin Pearcy was present to represent the owner and applicant, Mrs. James L., Moore. Mr. Pearcy stated his contention that the property was desira~le for multifamily land use since much of the property in the area was in use as multifamily or had been zoned for multifamily use, particularly the Thomas property located South of the Moore property which had been rezoned to "D" in District Court. Mr., Pearcy said the street easement separating the Moore and Thomas property was not a reasonable barrier. The easement to which Mr. Pearcy referred would be an extension of Holland Street which had been established in the City Comprehensive Plan as the barrier between multifamily and single family residential land use., Mrs. Moore also spoke on her own behalf and was supported by Mrs. D., B. Thomas. Mrs., John Dunn and Mrs. Inez Ramsay, owners of property within 200 feet of the subject property, came before the Council to protest the change in zoning., Both pointed out existing traff.ic problems which, would be aggrevated by more multifamily development and inadequate sewer service. Other persons living in the area who came to object to the zoning change were Harris Koch, C. B. Hutchison, James E. Byrn, and A. Sullivan. Mr. Koch, a former member of the Planning and Zoning Commission, told the Council that he recalled I I I