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Staff Report January 18, 2007 Request: Request By: Requested For: Present Zonine:: Requested Use: Backe::round: Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU07--001 Special Conditional Use Permit for proposed Future Farmers of America Program (FFA). Allan and Shelly Rankin r/o 11006 North Avenue P. 1.93 acre tract of land being TR 394A, La Porte Outlots, City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas. Large Lot Residential (LL) Continuing education in the ownership and care oflivestock projects. FF A is a dynamic, student-led leadership development organization for students of agricultural education. The FF A changes lives and prepares students for premier leadership, personal grovvth and career success. Future Farmers of America is the official name of the organization. Agriculture is much broader than farming and ranching. Members study things such as horticulture, aquaculture, food sciences, accounting, wildlife management, mechanics and engineering. Regardless of an FF A member's career choice the FF A provides opportunities to build and apply math, science, technology and leadership skills to their life. The FF A is an integral part of the school's agricultural science program. Each local program is led by an agricultural science teacher who works for the school. FF A members apply what they learn in the classroom in FF A activities through school activities. FF A activities are an outgrovvth of the classroom and supervised independent enterprises and projects. Every FF A member must have a supervised agricultural experience program (SAE). SAE is a project or enterprise that gives members hands- on training and a chance to apply what is learned in the classroom. Livestock projects are very popular, but there are a lot of options: placement in an agricultural job, internships, experimental work in agricultural science, horticultural projects and crop projects. The applicant's son, Derrick Rankin, a participant of the La Porte FF A Chapter at La Porte High School and an active member of the La Porte 4-H Club, is proposing to house animals for livestock projects at the facility. The subject property is located at 11006 North Avenue P. A I-story metal buildinglbarn is located at least 100 ft. away from the principal building. Approximately a I-acre tract of land is undeveloped with a pond in the rear ofthe subject tract. The zoning designation of the property in question is Large Lot Residential (LL). FFA & 4-H programs are classified as conditional use per Section 106-416 of the City's Code of Ordinances.