07-15-1993 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • Rezoning Request #R93-002 • Jan Stevenson/&10-93 Page 4 of 5 only appropriate for the Bay Oaks Subdivision, it also serves to conserve and enhance property values in both the Bayside Terrace Subdivision to the north and the residential communities to the south in the City of Shoreacres. There has been, since the time of Plan implementation, no change to the tract in question or the surrounding area that warrants either a rezoning or an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. The applicant has not demonstrated that a need for additional manufactured housing parks has arisen since the time of Plan adoption. Even if a need were shown, the applicant has not justified this location, in an existing residential neighborhood, as opposed to a less intrusive location in an otherwise undeveloped area. In fact, rather than changes that would warrant a rezoning, development activity since annexation would appear to affirm • the intent and recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan. The majority of the Bay Oaks Subdivision is developed. Although there are a number of mobile and manufactured homes in the subdivision, the majority of the homes are conventionally built single family homes. Since implementation of the plan, one new single home has been built. Another existing home has been moved into the subdivision and completely renovated. A new bayfront home is scheduled for construction in the fall. This construction activity would appear to affirm the Plan's intent that this area in general, and Bay Oaks in particular be preserved as a neighborhood for single family homes as the means to achieve the highest and best use of property in this part of the City. As there has been no change in the condition and circumstances surrounding this area that justify a rezoning, the R-1 designation is still the most appropriate zoning for the tract in question. •