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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Staff Report <br /> <br />January 20, 2005 <br /> <br />Requested by: <br /> <br />Requested for: <br /> <br />Location: <br /> <br />Present Zoninl!: <br /> <br />Requested Use: <br /> <br />Backl!round: <br /> <br />Analvsis: <br /> <br />Underwood Business Park <br />General Plan & <br />Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU 05-002 <br /> <br />Clay Development & Construction Inc. <br />c/o Parker Johnson <br /> <br />208 acres of land out of the Enoch Brinson Survey, Abstract 5, <br />described as parcel 1 under the Harris County Clerk's File No. <br />M032856, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. <br /> <br />Old Underwood Road and S.H. 225 <br /> <br />Planned Unit Development (PUD) <br /> <br />Office/warehouse <br /> <br />This site consists of approximately 208 acres located to the south of the <br />Battleground Industrial Estate at 101 Old Underwood Road. The city <br />limits of La Porte lines run parallel to the property lIne along west side <br />of Old Underwood Road. The Battleground Industrial Estate Phase II is <br />located across the street to the west in the City of Deer Park. At the site <br />in question, the developer is proposing an office/warehouse on tract <br />1(7.470 acres). Future development of proposed tracts 2 to 5 will be <br />developed in phases. The facility would have entrance along Old <br />Underwood Road access through East 13th Street and SH 225. <br /> <br />During City Council and La Porte Development Corporation Board's <br />special called meeting on January 3, 2005, tract 1 was discussed as an <br />economic development matter. Projections of future job growth and tax <br />base components were favorably considered during the meeting. <br /> <br />The subject property is zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD). The <br />PUD zoning assigned to this tract is to a great extent based on the large <br />amount of undeveloped, unsubdivided acreage located in this area. The <br />PUD development requirements are an effective means to ensure that <br />development of this tract would be in accordance with the sound <br />planning guidelines. <br /> <br />The development in a PUD zoning district requires that an application <br />for a general plan shall be filed and processed simultaneously with the <br />Special Conditional Use Permit. <br /> <br />In addition to performance standards, there are a number of development <br />standards that are specified by the Zoning Ordinance. These standards <br />