Landscape ordinance amendment recommended
The City Plan Commission voted six to one to forward a landscape ordinance amendment to the City Council. The proposal requires five percent landscape coverage on lots not occupied by buildings and two percent for parking and paved areas, with internal landscaping for larger parking lots. Commissioner Bob LaBounty opposed, arguing tighter rules could deter business.
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City Plan Commission
City Council
Joe James
Plan Commission
Bob LaBounty
Disappointment after judge upholds Richardson zoning ruling
Judge Walker ruled for Hunt Properties defending the 15 story office retail complex plan at Promenade Center. Dallas residents and plaintiffs James and Mrs Tarver voiced disappointment and fear of lowered property values while City Attorney Nichols defended lack of mandated notification. The site plan was approved Jan 3 1974 and construction proceeds amid testimony about zoning conduct.
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Dee Brown Walker
Richardson
James Tarver
Dallas
Hunt Properties
Promenade
Louis Nichols
City of
Paul Stephens
Richardson City Plan Commission
Richardson opens summer swim tags for residents
Richardson parks and recreation announces summer swim tags on sale at all municipal pools. The price is $6 for residents aged seven and older, granting free swimming at all pools throughout the season. Tags are limited to Richardson residents.
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Richardson
Richardson Parks and Recreation Department
Airport plan pushed for Richardson Plano area
A North Central Texas Council of Governments report endorses expanding regional airports and pins Richardson near Shiloh Field as the possible site for a future public use airport. The plan envisions 28 to 30 airports by 1980 to 1990 with phased runway expansions and shared funding among area cities and federal sources.
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Richardson-Plano
North Central Texas
North Central
Texas
Texoma
COG
Richardson Plano
Shiloh Field
Richardson
North Garland
Plano
Ment of Transportation
Marionette Theater gains new director and city support
Cheryl Denson leaves Dallas Theater Center for a three month stint as director of Richardson Recreation Center's Marionette Theater. With Loyce Bower and about 25 volunteers, she will lead the seventh annual program funded to stage eight shows in six city parks over eight weeks with free preschool performances at 6:30 and 8 p.m. on Tuesdays to Thursdays starting June 18.
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Dallas Theater Center
Richardson Recreation Center
Loyce Bower
Ms. Denson
Ms. Bower
Cheryl Denson
Hubcap thefts rise with multiple neighborhood reports
Police report fifteen residents found hubcaps missing Tuesday with eleven more wheel covers gone Monday. Authorities note a pattern, mostly in small areas around the 2200 block E Prairie Creek to Forest Grove. Copper tubing valued at $200 was stolen from Wood Brothers Homes, Inc. per another police report.
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E. Prairie Creek
Fairmeadow
Valley Cove
Custer Parkway
Glen Cove
Ridgewood
Apache
Comanche
Fall Creek
Chickasaw
White Cliff Lane
Lawnmeadow
Crestover Circle
Forest
Greenview
Wood Brothers Homes, Inc
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Bill Lamb
Arapaho Road
Jim Ryan
The
Richardson Civic Association
Marie Anderson
Spring Creek
Phil Burleson
Nichols
Burleson
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
Trinity University
Corsicana
Grove
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