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#R 06-001 P&Z 9/21/06 Page 2 of5 considerations, so an overlay district was created where residential activities were allowed only above the first floor. In addition, the intent was to preserve the value and character of the original Main Street area of La Porte and keep single-family detached intact within the boundaries of the Main Street District, but outside of the overlay. Almost all of the uses allowed in the General Commercial District were also permitted in the Main Street District. The main difference is the mixed use of the district. Within the Main Street District, residential activities would be allowed to coincide with commercial activities. There would be a prohibition of mini storage warehousing and laundry plants within the district and special conditional use permitted activities would still be required as in commercial and residential districts. Some examples are churches, special clubs or civic organizations, hospitals, clinics, etc. While reviewing this request, staff discussed the following: . Shape of the tract . Setbacks & lot coverage . Parking & detention . Rezoning The subject tract is triangular shape. Standard setbacks applicable in the General Commercial zoning district are 20' front, 10' rear, and 10' sides, if adjacent to public right-of-way. In addition, the maximum lot coverage allowed is 40%. In order to have a commercial establishment, parking would be required in compliance with Section 106-839 of the Code of Ordinances, and the number of parking spaces would be determined subject to the commercial use. The number of parking spaces required for any business is a minimum of four regardless of building or use size. The City's drainage criteria requires on-site detention. The tract in question comprises only 0.65 acre. If rezoned to the Main Street District, the tract will have a better chance to develop as residentiaVcommercial with the flexible zoning regulations applicable to the Main Street District. The City is including adjacent block 411 to this proposed zone change in order to provide for the grouping of land parcels for development as an integrated unit and to sustain consistency with the Zoning Map. It is further intended that the Main Street District boundary will be extended just one block north adjacent to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) zone. U sing this scenario, the applicants are requesting to rezone the property from General Commercial (GC) to Main Street District (MS), where residential (single-family detached) and commercial uses of the property are permitted.