The Port Arthur Planning and Zoning Commission approved a replat request, case R25-01, at its Jan. 6 meeting that will combine 2.5 lots into a single tract for single-family residential use in Short Line Terrace.

Miss Harries, a planning staff member, told the commission the property owner is Maria Espanola and the parcels involved are Jefferson County parcel numbers 10158, 10159 and 403913. Harries said the combined lot dimensions would be 135 feet by 165 feet, totaling 22,275 square feet (about 0.512 acre), and that the current zoning and the abutting zones to the north, south, east and west are all low-density residential. She said no zone change was proposed.

Commissioners asked a few clarifying questions about the location. Commissioner Dwight Wagner asked whether the site was in the Port Acres neighborhood; staff confirmed it is in Port Acres. Commissioner Johnny Brown joined the meeting at about 5:32 p.m.

After closing the public hearing, a commissioner made a motion to approve case R25-01 and the motion was seconded. The commission voted in favor; the motion carried and the replat was approved. The transcript records affirmative "aye" responses but does not record individual roll-call votes by name.

After the vote the commission went into executive session. At the meeting's end, staff said the next Planning and Zoning meeting is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2025, and that a zone-change request for Pleasure Allen is on the City Council agenda the following day. The commission adjourned at approximately 5:36 p.m.