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<br />Page 4 of 7 <br /> <br />Wording to clarify the intent follows. (Change is underlined <br />and highlighted):...within the required landscape portion of any <br />yard or the front yard setback of any commercial or industrial <br />establishment. <br /> <br />VI. SECTION 7-600: INDUSTRIAL TABLE B (PGS 53 AND 54): <br /> <br />section 7-600, Table B regulates setbacks within Industrial <br />Zones. The Commission has been requested to consider amending, <br />the setback provisions of this Table as they apply to Business <br />Industrial uses. ( See Exhibit A). The current setback requirements <br />are listed below in the left hand column. The requested revisions <br />are listed on the right. <br /> <br />Current Setbacks <br /> <br />Reauested Setbacks <br /> <br />Front: <br />Rear: <br />Side: <br /> <br />50 feet <br />40 feet <br />30 feet <br /> <br />30 feet <br />15 feet <br />15 feet <br /> <br />The petitioner's stated reason for requesting this change is: <br /> <br />The present B-1 [Business <br />Industrial] guidelines, in their <br />practical effect, severely restrict <br />development in B-1 zones to only <br />large tracts of land. As a result, <br />smaller companies seeking to locate <br />to property that happens to lie <br />within B-1 zoning are faced with the <br />unfortunate choice of either moving <br />to a less restrictively zoned <br />property, which typically requires <br />a larger capital expenditure, or not <br />locating in La Porte. <br /> <br />In considering this request, it is necessary to examine the <br />intent of the Comprehensive Plan as it applies to Business <br />Industrial use zones. The following "capsules", which have been <br />excerpted from the Master Plan contained in Volume I of the City's <br />Comprehensive Plan, address various aspects of this issue. <br />