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e e Staff Report October 21, 2004 Zone Change Request #R04-009 Requested by: Frontier Logistics, LLC c/o John Vossler Requested for: 11.416 acres ofland described as lots 1 thru 32 of blocks 349, 350, 351, and 352 along with portions of First Street and North G Street, including alleys in block 349,351,352, and the alley in block 350 (vacated, abandoned, and closed by Ordinance No.1156), Town of La Porte, Nebraska Syndicate, Johnson Hunter Survey, A-35, La Porte, Harris County, Texas, Location: 101 E. Barbours Cut Boulevard Present Zonin!!: Light Industrial (LI) & Heavy Industrial (HI) Requested ZoniD!!: Planned Unit Development (PUD) Backl!round: The subject property is located at the northwest comer of West Barbours Cut Boulevard and North Broadway. The company's warehouse facility is to the east across Broadway in the City of Morgan's Point. The City of La Porte limit lines run parallel to the property lines to the east along North Broadway. The main access to the property is along North Broadway. The company owns all of blocks 349, 350, 351, and 352 plus a 16' alley in block 350. The rest of the alleys in blocks 349, 351, 352, and portions of North 1st Street (unimproved ROW) need to be purchased from the City through the street and alley closing process by ordinance. The Industrial zoning designation of the property was assigned when the City adopted the current Zoning Ordinance. The Frontier Logistics container facilities are located on the west of the said property along Barbours Cut Boulevard. Other logistics capabilities and services are listed as under: . 292 k sq.ft warehouse . Rail yard . Packaging . Trucking In the vicinity, the applicant claims to have the most modem intermodal facility on the U.S. Gulf, Barbours Cut Container Terminal, which was designed for vessel productivity and project cargo. The terminal is located at the mouth of Galveston Bay and is three and one half hours' sailing time from the Gulf of Mexico,