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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />May 15, 2003 <br /> <br />ReQuested by: <br /> <br />ReQuested for: <br /> <br />Location: <br /> <br />Present Zonin2: <br /> <br />ReQuested Use: <br /> <br />Back2round: <br /> <br />Port of Houston Authority <br /> <br />Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU 03-001 <br /> <br />Port of Houston Authority <br />c/o Brenda K. McDonald, Real Estate Manager <br />represented by Kent Marsh, Knudson and Associates <br /> <br />20.7 acres of land being lots 17-32 of block 438; lots 1-32 block 439 <br />and adjoining alley; lots 1-16 block 974; lots 1-32 of blocks 975, 976, <br />977, 978, thru 979; and adjoining alleys within these blocks and <br />portions of 10th, 11th, 12thAvenues, Brownell, Nugent, Holmes and <br />Carroll Streets, out of the Johnson Hunter League, Abstract-35, City of <br />La Porte, Harris County, Texas. <br /> <br />E. Barbour's Cut Boulevard (near the City of La Porte's city limits) <br /> <br />Planned Unit Development (PUD) <br /> <br />Entry Pre-check Facility <br /> <br />This site consists of 20.7 acres located on East Barbour's Cut <br />Boulevard. The city limits of La Porte lines run parallel to the property <br />line along Barbour's Cut Boulevard. The Port of Houston Authority's <br />container facilities are located on the north of the said property across <br />Barbour's Cut Boulevard. At the site in question, the Port of Houston <br />Authority is proposing a truck pre-check facility with a combined total <br />of 14 truck lanes. The facility would have two entry points and an exit <br />gate along Barbour's Cut Boulevard. <br /> <br />The Planning and Zoning Commission, during its December 19, 2002 <br />meeting, held a public hearing to receive citizen comments regarding <br />rezone request by the Port of Houston Authority. The Commission <br />recommended to Council approval of this rezone from Business <br />Industrial (BI) to Planned Unit Development (PUD). City Council <br />approved your recommendation at their January 13,2003 meeting. <br /> <br />The purpose of the PUD zoning district is to provide for the <br />development as an integrated coordinated unit as opposed to traditional <br />parcel-by-parcel, piecemeal, sporadic, and unplanned approach to <br />development. The PUD zoning assigned to this tract is to a great extent <br />based on the large amount of undeveloped, unsubdivided acreage <br />located in this area. The PUD development requirements are an <br />effective means to ensure that development of this tract would be in <br />accordance with the sound planning guidelines. <br />