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<br />I Staff Report <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Port Crossing <br />Building B5 <br />Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU06-003 <br /> <br />July 20, 2006 <br /> <br />Request: <br /> <br />Requested Bv: <br /> <br />Requested For: <br /> <br />Present Zonin!!: <br /> <br />Land Use: <br /> <br />Back!!round: <br /> <br />Special Conditional Use Permit#SCU06-003, Proposed Development of <br />Office! Distribution Building B5 <br /> <br />Port Crossing Land, L.P. <br /> <br />20.773 acre tract as "Reserve B" in the George B. McKinstry League, A- 47; <br />W. P. Harris Survey, A-30; Johnson Hunter Survey, A-35, City of La Porte, <br />Harris County, Texas. The property is located in the 2000 Block of South <br />16th Street (Powell Road). <br /> <br />Planned Unit Development (PUD) <br /> <br />BusinesslIndustrial <br /> <br />Port Crossing, formerly Texas ImportlExport Park is a proposed industrial, <br />commercial and retail development to be located in an area south of <br />Fairmont Parkway along S. 16th Street between the existing Union Pacific <br />Railroad (UPRR) and the State Highway 146 South. <br /> <br />As a part of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) development process, a <br />Special Conditional Use Permit (#SCU05-003) and a General Plan covering <br />the La Porte 81 Ltd., La Porte 82 Ltd., La Porte 115 Ltd., and La Porte 146 <br />Venture, LP., were approved by City Council on March 28,2005. Later, the <br />applicant requested a I-year extension of this Special Conditional Use <br />Permit, which was granted at the Planning and Zoning Commission's <br />meeting on February 16,2006. <br /> <br />The applicant is currently proceeding with the platting of the entire <br />project. This is the first step towards the planning and development of a <br />large scale project. The developer's intent is to develop the entire tract in <br />accordance with the applicable Special Conditional Use Permit and <br />General Plan approved by the City. Earlier, the applicant/developer <br />submitted a Preliminary Plat for Port Crossing Business Park, which was <br />approved by the Commission on May 25, 2006, meeting. <br /> <br />Under the terms of Development Ordinance 1444, the proposed <br />development is considered to be a major subdivision. The Development <br />Ordinance requires a two-stage approval process for major subdivisions. <br />The first stage is preliminary plat review and its formal approval followed <br />by submittal of a final plat, along with the construction drawings and other <br />