09-18-1986 Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Called Meeting

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.- '" CITY OF LA PORTE INTER-OFFICE MEMO TO: FROM: L~ Planning ~ulissen, 9/18/86 and Zoning Commission CBO/Zoning Administrator DATE: SUBJECT: RE-ZONING: 12.203 acre tract Richard Pearsall 1/3 Leage, Abstract 625, along Fairmont Pkwy. The Ci ty has received an application from Mr. Fred Westergren to re-zone the above describe property from i~s temporary "R-1" Residential classification to an "I" Industrial classification to allow a medical waste incineration business. The property is located between Pipe and Valve Inc. and BFI Industries on Fairmont Parkway. HISTORY The property under consideration is undeveloped and is the last vacant tract between the Southern Pacific Railroad track and the commercial reserves in Fairmont Park East. Section 13-505-(1) of the present Zoning Ordinance requires "I" Industrial zoning and a special use permit for all refuse disposal sites. ANALYSIS The site faces Fairmont Parkway and currently is served with sanitary sewer and will be served by water in the near future. The facility will incinerate medical waste through a high temperature burning procedure that reaches 2000 degrees F in the final process. Winfield, the proposed owner, will provide copies of all Federal, State, and Local permits to the Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustments at the time of application for their special use permit. The re-zoning to Industrial would be consistent with the proposed new zon ing and map. The proposed map sh-ows the property to be "BI" or Business Industrial Park at this time. The proposed use is consistent wi th other uses adj acent to it i ncl ud i ng BFI Industries, a waste disposal company. RECOMMENDATION The staff has reviewed this request with respect to the proposed master plan and find it to be substantially in conformance with it. The site is surrounded by both light and business industrial uses and fronts on a truck route. The re-zoning in and of itself will not have a negative effect on the area. Any Industrial use must have a special use permit from the P & Z Board of Adjustments so individual uses will still be reviewed based on their merits. Based on the above review, staff would recommend that the above described property be re-zoned to an "I" Industrial classification.