09-29-1994 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • Requested For: An 11.79 acre tract out of the William P. Hams Survey, Abstract 30, which is further described as being located in the 800 block of McCabe Road. (See Exhibit A) Requested BX: Bradley Womack and Melanie K. Liska of Rescue Concepts, Inc. acting on authority of the Ruth E. McClain Est., property owner. Zonin Planned Unit Development(P.U.D.) with an underlying land use designation of Low Density Residential. (See Exhibits A & B) Purpose of Request: The applicants are proposing a Commercial P.U.D. to be utilized as an emergency response education facility and . company office. Background: Rescue Concepts is a company that specializes in training municipal and industrial response teams . Response teams are • ~ ,the teams that are called on to assist in various types of emergency situations; fire, weather, environmental, etc. Instruction is to be provided through a combination of classroom instruction and mock up demonstrations. Exhibit C is the preliminary development site plan submitted by Rescue Concepts. Exhibit D, which is attached and follows this report, outlines the company's development plan. As noted, the tract in question is zoned Planned Unit Development with an underlying Residential Land Use designation. Additionally, the proposed development itself is referred to as a Planned Unit Development. The zoning and development designations are related as follows: A Planned Unit Development zoning designation mandates a specific review and approval process; review and public hearing(s) performed by the Planning and Zoning Commission followed by review and public hearing by City Council. This process is designed and intended on one hand to provide developers greater flexibility in design and use of a site. On the other hand, it provides the City the ability to mandate design . criteria and property controls deemed necessary to adequately protect surrounding properties.