Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 23, 1983 Page: 2 of 12
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»AGE 2-PALACIOS BEACON, WED., FEB. 23,1983
Legal
action
threatened
over
permit
approval
Despite the angry protests
ftbm area residents and the
1 tHreat of legal action, the
Palacios City Council voted
. 3-1 to grant a Class A trailer
park permit at the request of
Ed Schulze for the Circle L
Trailer Park.
.The permit, granted with a
variance which allows the park
to obtain Class A status
without a paved road, was
granted during a special sess-
ion of the council last Tuesday
to the park owner. Lupe
Howard. The 23-unit park w ill
be located north of Craymer in
the Green Acres area.
A petition continaing over
101 signatures of area resi-
dents opposing the planned
mobile home park was presen-
ted to the council when it first
considered the permit two
weeks ago. At the special
meeting last week, opponents
were against the council gran-
ting any type of variance to
the ordinance regulating mob-
ile home parks. They cited
that without hardtop paving
on the road in the park, the
park would not qualify for a
Class A permit. Instead it
would have had to settle for a
Class B permit which would
decrease the number of trail-
ers allowed.
On a motion b\ Gary
Hafernick. the council voted
3-1 to approve the variance
and gram a Class A permit.
Hafernick. along with council-
men John Howarth and Trini
dad Constancio approved the
motion. The only negative
vote was that cast by Terry
Oglesby.
brnette Sanford, one ut J’c
leading opponents of the
mobile home park, told the
council at the start of the
meeting '.hat it should follow
City Ordinance 418 regarding
permits and nut grant varian
ecs. She added that there
would be "no alternative"
except to file litigation against
the city if a variance was
granted.
"We arc very serious about
granting no variances. The
way we understand, the coun-
cil is obligated by the ordi-
nance. 418. to gram no vari-
ances for a mobile home
park," she said. "We request
you. as our elected represen-
tatives, to not grant variances
and that the permit be strictly
conditioned on 100 percent of
improvemenf fe rt--
before any mobile home be
moved in."
Schulze, w ho was represen-
ting Mrs. Howard, was asked
during the meeting whether
he had checked the cost of
hardtopping the road in the
proposed park. Although it
mav be financially feasible in
the future, he said he did not
know w hether it was economi-
cally possible right now.
Oglesby remarked that "ev-
eryone at the table would
prefer to see a Class A type
park, complete with paved
street, adding that it would
look better than the present
trailer parks. Schulze respon-
ded by saying in that case, he
thought all streets in Palacios
should be paved as well.
Mayor Leonard Lamar ask-
ed Schulze w hether he would
reapply for a permit under
Class B provisions. Although
he said he would, if it was
necessary, Schulze said it
would be unfortunate that
"our group is the first to have
this enforced upon them. It is
setting a precedent in that this
is the first variance not app-
roved."
Schulze added that if the
Circle L Mobile Home Park
had to settle first for a Class B
permit, then it would, but as
soon as the road was paved
the owners would be back
requesting a Class A permit
and then expand.
Although a Class A permit
calls for a paved road, it does
not establish a timetable or
deadline lor when it must be
done. The council pointed out
that they would have to rely on
Schulze's word that the road
would be paved in the near
future. Also, the council said
that mobile home park perm-
its had to be reviewed and
were up for renewal each year
and that there was the chance
the permit might not be
renewed if paving was not
done by that time.
"This permit was not real
easy to get." Lamar pointed
Out. "There was a lot of
thought, work and prepara-
tion that went into this. If the
park lives up to expectations,
then it would be something
good for the city."
Mrs. Sanford reaffirmed
her position at the conclusion '.
of the meeting, telling the
council that "This is going to'-'
litigation definitely. I'm sorry '
this had to happen."
Tax rebate
figures up
over 1982
The Palacios retail economy .
continued to show signs ..Of1
- strengthening for the second con-
secutive mopth according to the.
-city sales tax figures released by?;
the State Comptrollers Office.
The city one-percent sales taxes
are collected along with the state
sales tax by merchants and rebated
monthly to the cities in which they
are collected.
While the figures for the most of
1982 showed very little, if any
increase, the first two monthly
reports for 1983 have registered
significant upward trends. The
February rebate to Palacios was up.
'.'.Tnore than $3,300 over the same"
period a year ago. To date, Palacios .,
nas receivt
received 29.03-percent motejil.
rebates of the one-percent 'tJfty*
sales tax than it did during the fftst,
two months of last year. That
percentage increase places the city.:;
among the leaders of area munici-
palities in growth. -----'
The most recent rebate dhWR'
totaled $18,249.26 as compared,XU."
the $14,923.57 rebated at the same"
time a year ago. Thus far in 1982
Palacios has collected more than.
■$22,725.01 in city sales fUk.*'
Rebates at the same time in 1982
^totaled only $17,612.34.
p Needville showed the strongest
^gain from last year, up 82-percent
;tin rebates to $10,611. Edna is.
■.■>u«ining>30-percent ahead with.
; .553,300 rebated.
Registering lower'iricreases were
; Ganado. up llipe»«eiU ayS14.{U6;
Goliad increasing II-percent to
. $12,961; and West Columbia, up
•* '5-percent at $35,687. Sweeny was
; the only other area city surveyed
• which recorded an increase, up
: 4-percent with $15,874 rebated!
The two largest towns in the
; area. Port Lavaca and Bay City,
both registered declines from a
; year ago. Port Lavaca is dbwn
: 13.42-percent at $119,247 while
. Bay City decreased 13.74-percent
; to $157,636 as compared to
; $174,172 in 1982.
Point Comfort continued its hefty
~decline, reporting a drop of 56-,per-
i drop of 56-,pe
cent in rebates, down to $6,689 as
.-.compared to $15,387 last year,^ ,
" Down the coast. Rockport potted
t:a healthy jump in rebates, up
Z. 32-percent to $78,348.
jump
to $78,;
ELECTION
3 [Continued From Page One I
when he ran against
--last year when he ran
£ incumbent Trinidad Constancio.
The polling location for the city
~ election will be at City Hall. Voters
£ casting their ballots in the school
~ district election can vote at City
—Hall, Carancahua Community Buil-
~ ding and the Collegeport MoPac
~House. Absentee ballotting for
“both elections will be from March
£-14-29 at City Hall.
£ Election judges for the school
- district will be Evelyn Capak in
- Palacios, Martha Kubecka at Gsr-
ancahua and Rosalie Ellis -In
"'Xollegeport.
FIREMEN-
[Continued From Page OneJ
£ firemen say they had to actually
£move cars that were left parked at
’- an intersection in order to get
£ firefighting equipment through the
^intersection and to the fire scene.
Such obstruction and other hin-
* drances caused by the fire-chasers
£ are against the law. Firemen say
£they will jot down the license
•-numbers on the offending vehicles
£ and turn them over to police.
~ “These fire-chasers not only are
^hindering the fire department but
£ they are placing their own safety in
- jeopardy,” the VFD spokesman
ZONING
[Continued From Page One|
FOURTEEN new members were inducted in the
B.W. Trull Chapter of the National Honor Society
during ceremonies held last week at the Fine Arts
Complex. The new members are, seated left to right,
Michelle Elliott, Dina Flores, Donna Gonzales,
Cherl Keeton and My Phoung Nguyen. Standing, left
to right are Paul Melsmer, Pat Mills, Ted Morales,
Doug North, Ben Orsak, Rhoda Penland, Randall
Price, Pam Templeman and Margie Vargas. IBeacon
Photo by Nick West)
TOXIC
type of case," he told the group of
more than 300 persons.
Kaufman said the "track rec-
ord" of communities or a coalition
of groups that organize, with top
technical and legal assistance, to
fight toxip waste disposal dumptj is
"vou win. as long as you have the
[Continued From Page One]
Cong. Patman told the court-
“you win, as long as you !
stamina to stay in there and fight."
An application to establish a
hazardous waste landfill in* Mata-
house meeting there are six EPA
recommended methods for the
disposal of hazardous wastes and
that landfills are last on the list.
Incineration, resulting in the
total .destruction of toxic waste, is
the best presently availabli
sal technology. Bi
gorda County is reportedly being
readied for filing with the Texas
Department of Water Resources by
Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
the latter is a subsidiary of
Chicago-based Waste Manage-
ment, Inc., (WMI) listed in Forbes
Magazine as the largest waste
disposal firm in the United States.
WMI and its several subsidiaries
under a wide range of different
names, has a waste dump empire
of more than 70 landfill sites in 22
states, as well as Canado, Argen-
tina and Saudi Arabia, according to
the Chicago Sun-Times.
The firm has repeated been
cited for dump violation- such
states as Kansas. Colon Illi-
nois, Pennsylvania and Wiscon-
sin. It is still under investiga-
tion by the EPA, Kaufman said.
The Sun-Times, in a series of
articles following six months of
investigative reporting, said Waste
Management "had the habit of
dumping first and getting the
stitk i
cost some S20-mjillion kv _
according to Forbes Magazine
which adds that aside from a ship
that burns certain toxic materials at
sea, Waste Management, Inc., has
no incineration facilities for toxic
wastes.
Kaufman said there is "not an
honest biologist who will disagree"
that the proposed Matagorda Cou-
nty site is unacceptable as a toxic
waste landfill.
Both Patman and Kaufman said
what is needed to control the
disposal of hazardous chemicals
“is not more laws, but better
enforcement of what (laws) we
have."
“We need to move at the federal
level to ban landfills and enforce
it," Kaufman stated, adding that
"the EPA is not doing the job you
pay us to do."
Kaufman, an outspoken critic of
EPA policy, was fired from his job
by Rita Lavelle, the EPA’s admini-
strator of hazardous waste pro-
Cong. Patman commended the
action of Kaufman in speaking out
against EPA enforcement and
regulations on dump sites, along
with his aid in advising commun-
ities how to fight the landfills.
■ "We need more people. .Jik#,
Herb Kaufman," Patman said.
Among those representing Pala-
cios at the town meeting yyjre
Mayor Leonard Lamar. Chamber of
Commerce President and Mrs.
Bert West, County Commissioner
Billy Harrison and Beacon Publi-
sher Nick West.
200 feet. Each home shall be
placed on a ‘permanent foundation
and be provided with skirting.
Mobile homes may be placed on a
single lot wily if the lot meets the
requirements' for a single family
dwelling, be on a permanent
foundation, be double wide.
This is an example only as
zoning laws are written with
provisions to meet the city’s needs.
The advantage is they set stan-
dards and provide a chance for long
range planning. The procedure is
for a commiltee or commission to
draw up... a!! zoning plan. It is
presented in a number of public
hearings.ptior to adoption.
The cormhittee would appreciate
your comHVdits by filling out the
form below or by calling one of the
committee members. They are:
John Howaflh. 972-2014; Dick or
Margaret McElrath. 972-3095;
George Hover. 972-5547; Pat Chri-
stianson. 972-2940; Chipper Holt,
972-3921; and Marvio Curtis, 972-
2616. These confirms may be
resolved through due processes set
up in the community.
Normally there is a department
or commission set up to rule on
requested variances. Included on
this board are members from the
board of adjustment and planning
commission (if such exist). Final
approval is through the city council
but they seldom reverse the
decision made by these boards.
An example is Rockport which w
set up in three major cate-
gories:
R-Residential
B-Business
1-Industrial
These are further divided:
R-l-Residential single family low;
density
R-2-Residential same rules ar
above smaller lots
R-3-Duplex buildings
R-4-Multifamily and lodges-.;
clubs, etc.
R-5-Multifamily may include h«£
spitals, boarding houses, etc. £
R-6-Residential and resort, hot£
els, motels
R-7-Residential-Office
B-l General business, rest-
aurants, shops, etc.
B-2-Central business
1-Business-no homes
A
I would like to see zoning laws irv
Palacios. Yes-------JI
No---------- ■;
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Palacios Chamber of Commerce
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..... SATURDAY, MARCH 5 7p,m.
Tickets $8.00 Per Person
TICKET DEADLINE, MARCH 2
To order your tickets: Call 972-2615 or 972-2610 or
send check and address and Chamber of
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proper permits later."
The ’
pn
grams, but retained his employ-
■ • ed the I
he large disposal firms try to
"find patsy communities” in which
to open new landfills, Kaufman
said. "It's like the Dallas Cowboys
coming to town to play you and you
don't even have shoulder pads,"
he explained.
Kaufman, however, added he
had never seen a community "with
such a large turnout as here and
with your elected leaders behind
you, that hasn't won" its battle.
ment with EPA when he used
Freedom of Information Act to
obtain documents showing that
Lavelle had ordered an investig-
ation of him with the apparent hope
of discrediting him.
Lavelle has since been fired by
EPA chief Anne Gorsuch who is
also involved in the growing
controversy over EPA’s enforce-
ment policies, hints of "shredd-
ing" official documents, destruc-
tion or loss of computerized data,
etc.
STRESSTABS
600
Tableti,60's
WAR CHEST
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Water Resources Commission for a
permit to begin the toxic waste
landfill," says a spokesman for the
organized War Chest campaign,
which is targeted for completion
within three weeks.
There are indications that the
Federal government may soon
move to ban further hazardous
waste landfills-a factor that is
likely to cause the disposal firms to
attempt to rush through their
new land-
poison and that we are fighting
them all the way," the campaign
spokesman said.
Contributions to the Toxic Waste
STRESSTABS'
600 WITH ZINC
War Chest are sought from every-
one and in ail amounts, ffom $1
permit applications for new lant
fills before any ban becomes law.
"We must get into action now
and serve notice on the disposal
firm that we don't want their
and up.
A form for donors to use in
mailing their contributions to the
Palacios Chamber of Commerce is
published elsewhere in today's
Beacon.
The Palacios Chamber will be
represented on the War Chest
finance committee by Jack Good-
ner. Leonard Lamar and Colleen
Claybourn.
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