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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1955
Page
15
Cedar Rapids Plan Commission approved 11 plats containing 355 new residential lots Tuesday night. Preliminary plats total 280 lots across five additions while six final plats add 75 lots for residential development and move to city council for action.
Cedar Rapids City Plan Commission balks at six rezoning changes as officials seek a legal ruling on whether a formal public hearing is required for map and ordinance revisions. The amended ordinance appears to mandate hearings, though prior practice had only council hearings after notice.
The Plan Commission discusses new notice and hearing procedures for rezonings and district changes, with a city attorney opinion awaited. Citizens protest Sargeant and Bell Company plans while debates center on timetables, costs, and possible delays in processing zoning map revisions. A July 5 date is set for special permit hearings on adjacent proposals including a parking lot driveway and an office building use of Boegel property amid R-4 zoning.
The Texas senate approved a 12000 dollar appropriation to restore five oil paintings including a Davy Crockett portrait. The move aims to preserve state historical art as part of a conservation program.
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