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<br />Staff Report Zone Change Request #R96-004 October 17, 1996 <br />Requested for: A 6.3192 acre tract of land out of a portion of Blocks 1203 and 1204; <br />Town of La Porte, now known as Tract 1K, Johnson Hunter, Abst. 35, <br />and a portion of Tract 37A & 37B, George B. McKinstry, Abst. 47, <br />which is further described as being located in the 1700 Block of South <br />16th Street, La Porte, Texas. <br />Requested by: Robert C. Boncosky, owner's agent <br />Current Zoning: Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) <br />Requested Zoning: Heavy Industrial (HI) <br />Background: The P.U.D. zoning designation assigned to the tract in question was <br />assigned in September, 1989, when the City adopted the current City <br />Zoning Map, in conjunction with the new Zoning Ordinance. Ori the west <br />side of South 16th Street, between the street and the railroad tracks, there <br />is currently three (3) zoning designations. (See Exhibit A) Closest to <br />Fairmont Pazkway is a General Commercial (GC) zone and moving south <br />the zoning becomes Light Industrial (LI). The third zoning designation, <br />which includes the tract in question, is PUD. On the east side of South <br />16th Street, between the street and Hwy. 146 (See Exhibit A) there aze <br />two (2) zoning designations. The property closest to Fairmont Pazkway <br />is zoned GC and the remainder of the property to the south is PUD. A <br />lazge portion of the properties immediately east of Hwy. 146 aze also <br />zoned PUD. <br />Analysis: Zoning Ordinance Section 8-100 states that the purpose of the [PUD <br />zoning] district is to provide for... "development as an integrated <br />coordinated unit as opposed to traditional parcel by pazcel, piecemeal, <br />sporadic and unplanned approach to development. " The PUD zoning <br />assigned to the tract in question was to great extent based on the lazge <br />amount of undeveloped, unsubdivided acreage located in this azea. The <br />PUD development requirements were an effective means to ensure that <br />development of the tract in question would be in accordance with sound <br />planning guidelines. <br />The applicant, Mr. Boncosky, is seeking this rezoning to provide for <br />development of a trucking operation with tank truck cleaning to occur on <br />the property. The tank truck cleaning requires an HI zoning whereas a <br />