Planning & Zoning Commission
<br />September 19, 2013
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<br />parcel is located in the industrial zone in which there is an observed FAR of 0.10 (ratio of usable employment
<br />space built to land area built upon) for an industrial uses.
<br />Employment Capacity = 3.5 x 0.10 x 43560 / 1000 = 15 employees
<br />Source: Employment Density Study, Snohomish County 2007 Buildable Land Project
<br />Employment Density:
<br />Employment Density for various Logistics Market Segments is shown in the table below:
<br />Market Se (jobs/acre)
<br />Employee Density Gobs/acre)Employee Density Gobs/acre)
<br />Light Warehousing 27
<br />Industrial Park 20
<br />Light Industrial, Heavy Warehousing 16
<br />Intermodal/Trucking Terminal 2
<br />Source: Economic Effects of the logistics Initiative, HDR/HLB Decision Economics, Inc. January 2006
<br />Staff s research of existing facilities in La Porte is as follows:
<br />Existing Truck Terminal Statistics
<br />Name/Address
<br />Area (sq.ft.)
<br />Building (sq.ft.)
<br />FAR
<br />Improvement Value
<br />N
<br />POHA- 401 North L Street
<br />449,539
<br />22,800
<br />0.050
<br />Texas Transload & Log. - 300 North J Street
<br />458,686
<br />20,000
<br />0.043
<br />23,213
<br />Gulfwinds -100 North Broadway
<br />236,792
<br />0
<br />0
<br />Gulfwinds -110 North Broadway
<br />65,623
<br />0
<br />0
<br />Overland Express -100A North Broadway
<br />28,125
<br />0
<br />0
<br />Old Landfill Site - 901 North Broadway
<br />2,078,202
<br />0
<br />0
<br />Frontier Port Prop. - 801 North Broadway
<br />287,550
<br />13,725
<br />0.048
<br />162,411
<br />Frontier Port Prop. - 701 North Broadway
<br />105,624
<br />3,420
<br />0.032
<br />39,648
<br />Joseph Cunningham - 910 SH 146 N
<br />353,707
<br />20,100
<br />0.056
<br />350,866
<br />All American Rigging Co. - 2205 SH 146 N
<br />119,790
<br />0
<br />0
<br />A&J Leasing Co. 1901 SH 146
<br />166,399
<br />5,620
<br />0.033
<br />300,314
<br />Dragon Products - 201 Strang Road
<br />142,755
<br />1,250
<br />0.008
<br />GIS - 10 1 Strang Road
<br />435,600
<br />7,254
<br />0.016
<br />347,297
<br />J&S Services - 1728 Old La Porte Road
<br />110,498
<br />0
<br />0
<br />Tiger Industrial -12803 SH 225
<br />193,275
<br />0
<br />0
<br />Crenshaw Dev. - 500 North `E' Street
<br />100,000
<br />1,450
<br />0.0145
<br />37,986
<br />Gus Brieden -1701 North 17" Street
<br />100,000
<br />0
<br />0
<br />Buzbee - 326 S. 16`' Street
<br />200,000
<br />5,000
<br />0.025
<br />206,800
<br />HTI - 502 S. 16 Street
<br />236,800
<br />10,070
<br />0.042
<br />479,149
<br />Core Trucking -501 S. 161' St.
<br />54,000
<br />1,504
<br />0.028
<br />Average Building/Improvement Value for Trucking Terminals/Yards = $ 0.96/s.f.
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