The Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1984 Page: 1 of 20
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• Bellaire • West University Place e Stella Link
e Southside Place e Southampton e Southgate
e Unkwood e Meyertand e Maplewood • Robindell
e Sharps town e Braebum Glen e Braebum Valley
• Bonham Acres e Larkwood e Braes Heights
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By Karl Doerner II] buildings cropping up tained the city as a invalid.
next to their homes. predominantly single- David L. Pugh, chair-
West University resi- That’s because the family residential area man of the Department
dents may one day see city’s zoning ordinance, since 1937, is in danger of Urban and Regional
multistory commercial which has strictly main- of being declared Planning at Texas A &
By Ned Pedersen
Meyerland is a mess
today, but that’s the
price residents must pay
for continued water
service.
A water main replace-
ment program is well
underway in many sec-
tions of Meyerland, as
its residents are amply
aware. No street inside
the 2.315-home subdi-
vision will be left
untouched by the mas-
sive piujcd - actually a
combination of jobs the
city of Houston has
divided among several
contractors.
All of the construction
activity in Meyerland
should be completed
within a year or two,
depending upon, as
always, the weather.
Neighborhood sec-
tions four and five to the
north of Brays Bayou
and sections seven and
eight on the south side
are the furthest along in
construction progress,
having started in early
spring.
The basic approach of
more than one contrac-
tor has been to first
install pipe along main-
artery streets bounding
a particular project area,
progressing toward the
interior residential
streets.
North of Brays Bayou,
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scribed by construction
along North Bracswood,
South Rice Avenue,
Jason and Loop 610.
Construction has reach-
ed much of the interior
section east of lmogene,
which is Meyerland sec-
tion four.
The entire area east of
Rice and north of Braes-
wood (sections 4 and 5)
is contracted to BRH-
Garver, Inc. This pro-
ject’s estimated cost is
$1,045,930. A work
order was issued on
Feb. 27. The contract
allows 300 working days
(Monday-Friday) for
completion, or about 14
months.
South of Brays Bayou,
a separate project cover-
ing sections seven and
eight is 30 percent com-
plete and 30 percent
paid for by the city (to
Ella Contractors), re-
ports the city' 3 public
works department.
The total cost of this
project will be about
$642,830. It calls for
supplanting 21,700 feet
of various-sized water
lines, and, as with the
project north of the
bayou, new fire hy-
drants will be installed.
Thanks to dry wea-
ther, the work on both
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Let’s get physical!
Southwest Houston residents Ada Horton, left, and Page Camus limber up for the “Most Physical
Female” competition going on every Wednesday at Confetti. The women’s aerobic competition, held
at 7:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.ra., leads to the city finals on June 6 and 7 with S3,000 in prizes and a chance
for Houston’s two “Most Physical Females” to win $10,000 In the national finals on June 13.
M University in College
Station, told The Texan
in a telephone interview
from College Station
Monday that the city of
West University Place
and a number of other
Texas cities are in
danger of having their
zoning regulations
struck down in court
because they are not in
compliance with a state
law that requires cities
with zoning ordinances
to develop comprehen-
sive land use plans.
‘‘Any city that doesn’t
have a written plan,
regardless of whether it
is a new city or old city,
is in a distinct position
where it could have its
land use control system
thrown out,” Pugh told
The Texan, ‘‘Then the
city would have no
zoning. Then there is
nothing to stop someone
from building a com-
mercial development in
a residential area.
‘‘Your whole zoning
ordinance is in jeopardy
of being challenged in
court and possibly being
ruled invalid,” Pugh
continued.
Asked if this meant a
developer who wanted
to build a skyscraper in
West University could
challenge the city’s zon-
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story Page 3
ing ordinance on
grounds that it is not in
compliance with state
law to get his building
built, Pugh replied:
"Sure.
How much of a chance
would the developer
have of winning the
case?
"I think he has got a
very good chance,"
responded Pugh.
Pugh said he went
before West University
City Council last June at
the request of Robert
Kendrick, who was then
chairman of the city's
Zoning and Planning
Commission, to inform
them that they needed
to draw up a comprehen-
sive land use plan for
the city to comply with
Article 1011c of
Vernon’s Annotated
Texas Statutes in order
to protect the city’s
zoning ordinance from
possible court
challenges.
Pugh said council
decided to delay pre-
paration of a compre-
hensive plan because
they didn’t want to
spend the $28,000
needed to draw up a
plan.
“They need a compre-
hensive plan to justify
their zoning,” Pugh
said. “If they don’t have
a plan, they don’t have
any logical basis for
controlling land use.
What rationale did they
come up with to make a
distinction between
areas that are zoned
residential, commercial
and industrial. They
don't have anything on
paper to justify that."
West University City
Attorney David Allums
disputes Pugh’s claims.
“I think the zoning
Continued on Page 14
Meyerland
in big mess
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