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PlanningandZoningCommissionRegularMeeting <br />November17,2014 <br />MajorDevelopmentSitePlanΑLomaxElementary <br />PlanningandDevelopmentDepartment <br />StaffReport <br />ISSUE <br />ShouldthePlanningandZoningCommissionapprovearequestbytheLaPorte <br />IndependentSchoolDistrictforaMajorDevelopmentSitePlantoallowconstructionof <br />anewelementaryschoolbuildingforLomaxElementarylocatedat10615N.LStreet? <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />StaffrecommendsapprovaloftheproposedMajorDevelopmentSitePlanasrevised. <br />DISCUSSION <br />ThePlanningandZoningCommissionreviewedthisrequestattheOctober30,2014 <br />meeting,andtabledtheitempendingadditionalinformation.TheattachedExhibitCisa <br />copyofthestaffreportpresentedtotheCommissionatthatmeetingforreference <br />purposes.Theapplicanthassubmittedtherequestedinformationandrevisedsiteplan <br />asnecessary.Thefollowingisabreakdownandsummaryoftheadditionalinformation <br />providedforconsiderationbytheCommission: <br />1.ThesiteplanhasbeenstampedbytheğƦƦƌźĭğƓƷ͸ƭengineer. <br />anadditionalfirehydrant <br />2.TheFireMarshalreviewedthesiteplanandrequested <br />nearthesoutheastcornerofthebuilding.Theapplicantrevisedthesiteplanto <br />addtherequestedhydrant.Asaresult,thesiteisservicedbythreehydrants, <br />whichprovidessufficientcoverageintheeventofafire. <br />3.Thefireaccesslanearoundtheperimeterofthesitewaspreviouslyidentifiedas <br />aͻƦĻƩƒĻğĬƌĻͼsurfacedriveway.AlthoughtheFireMarshalapprovedtheuseof <br />apermeablesurfacedriveway,theapplicantchosetorevisethesurfacematerial <br />ofthefireaccesslane.Thesiteplanhasbeenmodifiedtoindicatethefireaccess <br />lanewillbeaconcretesurface. <br />4.Theparkingtablewasincludedonthesiteplan.Therequiredparkingforthis <br />developmentis59spaceswhiletheapplicantisproviding127spaces. <br />5.TheCityEngineerhasreviewedthedrainageanddetentioncalculationsprovided <br />bytheapplicant.Theseitemshavebeensubmittedasaseparatedocumentand <br />althoughnotonthesiteplandocument,itispartoftherecordforthe <br />application.BecausethesitedrainsintoHarrisCountydrainagefacilities,the <br />1 <br /> <br />