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<br />-- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />StatTReport <br /> <br />February 19, 2004 <br /> <br />Zone Change Request #R 04-001 <br /> <br />Reauested by: James Elmore on behalf of Ben F. Weems (owner) <br /> <br />Reauested for: TR A2 (3.00 acre), W. P. Harris Survey, A-30, La Porte, Harris County, <br />Texas. <br /> <br />Locations: Wharton Weems Blvd. @S.H. 146 <br /> <br />Present ZoniDl!: Planned Unit Development (PUD) <br /> <br />Reauested Zoninl!: General Commercial (GC) <br /> <br />Backl!round: The subject tract comprises of a 3 acres ofland out ofW. p, Harris Survey, <br />A-30, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. The property is located at the <br />southeastern comer of Wharton Weems Boulevard and State Highway 146. <br />The property became part of the City of La Porte in the late 1950s. The <br />present Zoning District Map was adopted on January 26, 1987. As a part of <br />this process, zoning classifications were assigned to the various tracts and <br />subdivisions. The zoning designation assigned to this tract was Planned Unit <br />Development (p.U.D,). <br /> <br />Currently, the subject tract is a part of proposed La Porte Golf Course <br />Community, a 150:1:: acres of land located in the W.P. Harris Survey, A-30, <br />Harris County, Texas. The Planning and Zoning Commission at their August <br />27, 2003 meeting held a public hearing and recommended approval of the <br />General Plan and SCUP. The General Plan and Special Conditional Use <br />Permit was approved by City Council on October 13, 2003, The overall <br />project consists of single-family residentia~ multi-family, and commercial <br />developments. The general plan already shows commercial development at <br />the northeast comer of McCabe Road and State Highway 146. The City was <br />under the belief that the prior submittal was a comprehensive document of <br />all the property owners. Staff was unaware that a 3-acre tract was withheld <br />from the sale. <br /> <br />The development in a Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning district <br />requires that a General Plan and a Special Conditional Use Permit be <br />submitted and processed simultaneously. In addition, the tract of land for <br />which a planned unit development - commercial or industrial project is <br />proposed, shall contain not less than five acres per Code of Ordinances. <br />Here, the project is proposed for 3-acre of land. So, in lieu of special <br />regulations and procedures established for Planned Unit Development, the <br /> <br />,...:;.. }) <br />