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StatfReport Aprll19, 2007 Lakes at Fairmont Greens (See-9) SpedaI Conditional Use Permit #SCU 07-004 Reauest: Reauested Bv: Reauested For: Present Zonin~: Reauested Use: Badmround: Approval of a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) and General Plan for a lO8-units single-family development (special lot). This request is in addition to the existing SCUP #04-012 and General Plan approved for the development of Lakes at Fairmont Greens. 65 La Porte, Ltd, (Arete Real Estate & Development Corporation) 20:!:: acres ofland located in the W. P. Harris Survey, A-30, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. This property is located at the northeast comer of McCabe Road at State Highway 146. It is bounded on the east by the Taylor Bayou and Bay Forest Golf Course. On the north, it is adjacent to the Lakes at Fairmont Greens, Section 1, a proposed single-family residential development surrounding Bay Forest Golf Course. Planned Unit Development (PUD) Single-Family Residential Development, special/zero lot line (108 units) As per definition, single-family dwelling special lot means any residential lot for single-family purposes with an area of less than 6,000 square feet, but equal or greater than 4,500 square feet. Since this is a new concept for this City and within a PUD, the Staff focused on the merits of the concept presented and not on the definition of single-family development. Since the land use has not been firmly establish~ this tract requires a new Special Conditional Use Permit. The Arete Real Estate Co. and John Hettig submitted a General Plan and Special Conditional Use Permit SCU#03-oo2 for :1:150 acres located at State High 146 just south of the Baypoint Townhomes and west of the Bay Forest Golf Course. The General Plan proposed single-fannly residential, multi- family residential, and neighborhood connnercial uses within the Planned Unit Development zoning district (PUD). Based upon the initial General Plan, SCU#03-002, including the multi- family portion of the development, was approved in 2003 as a joint venture. Integrated into the plan was a land swap of 20+/- acre tract at the northeast comer of McCabe Road and SoH. 146. As ajoint venture, it was envisioned that a land swap between the two developers would benefit the entire plan. With both the land swap and portion of the project held in abeyance, the current developer requested a new Special Conditional Use Permit #SCUM- 012 along with a new General Plan without the land swap or the muhi-