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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />Requested by: <br /> <br />Requested for: <br /> <br />Location: <br /> <br />Zonin2: <br /> <br />ProDosed Use: <br /> <br />Back2round: <br /> <br />Analvsis: <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Underwood Self-Storage <br />Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU04-010 <br /> <br />July 15, 2004 <br /> <br />Lloyd & Linda Duncan <br /> <br />A 4.00 tract out oflot 10, block 2, of the W. 1. Payne Subdivision, La Porte, <br />Harris County, Texas. <br /> <br />2619 Underwood Road <br /> <br />General Commercial (GC) <br /> <br />Mini-storage & warehousing <br /> <br />The applicant is proposing a mini-storage/warehousing just north of <br />Underwood Plaza, south of an undeveloped tract with a restaurant, east of <br />Underwood Road, and west of the Creekmont Subdivision and Church <br />property. The ExxonIMobil Pipeline runs diagonally through the whole <br />undeveloped property along Underwood Road. The property is zoned <br />General Commercial (GC). Mini-Storage warehousing (SIC #4225) is <br />classified as a Conditional Use in GC zone. <br /> <br />This request was initially heard by the P&Z on April 15, 2004, with a <br />recommendation for Council to disapprove the request. Council <br />subsequently heard the issue and after reviewing new plans for the <br />development, disapproved the request and instructed the applicant to <br />present his new plans to P&Z. The Commission conducted a public <br />hearing and considered the issue on June 15, 2004. Action on the <br />application was tabled pending receipt of the applicant's general plans and <br />renderings. <br /> <br />Staff reviewed this request using the Code of Ordinances Sections 106-216, <br />106-217, and all applicable elements of the La Porte Comprehensive Plan as <br />a guide. Considerations were given to the following issues: <br /> <br />. Character of the surrounding and adjacent properties; <br />. Existing use of nearby properties, and the extent to which a land use <br />classification would be in harmony with such existing uses or the <br />anticipated use of the properties; <br />. Suitability of the property for the uses to which would be permissible, <br />considering density, access and circulation, adequacy of public facilities <br />and services, and other considerations; <br />. Extent to which the designated use of the property would harm the value <br />of adjacent land uses; <br />. Extent to which the proposed use designation would adversely affect the <br />capacity or safety of that portion of road network influenced by the use; <br />. Extent to which the proposed use designation would permit excessive <br />air, water or noise pollution, or other environmental harm on adjacent <br />land use designations; and, <br />. The gain, if any, to the public health, safety, and welfare due to the <br /> <br />"",:n+"...,...^ ..,.,.f:"+.....,.. 1......,.1 ..",,.,, ,.1n,..;~^+;__ <br />