04-16-1998 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Staff Report May 21,1998 Replat of Blocks 276, 295 & 304 and the Adjoining East "P', East "H" and 5 h(Arizona ) Streets; LaPorte Requested By: Dr. John Sawyer, Superintendent of the La Porte Independent School District, property owner Requested For: Block 276, 295 & 304, according to the map thereof recorded in Volume 58, Page 460 Deed Records of Harris County, Texas. Also, the adjoining rights — of -way of East " P', East "IT' and 5h (Arizona) Street. Location: 800, 900 and the 1,000 Block of San Jacinto Street Present Zoning: N id Density Residential (R 2) Background: The school district has a permit to construct an Instructional Support Center building that will be located at 1002 San Jacinto Street. As part of the proposed development, Ordinance #98-2233 was passed by the La Porte City Council on April 27, 1998. The ordinance closed the existing alleys in the 800, 900 and 1,000 Block of San Jacinto as well as the adjoining East " 17% East "H" and 5 h (Arizona) Street rights -of -way. As part of the ordinance closing, specific easements were retained by the City to ensure access for proper maintenance of water and sanitary sewer lines and drainage channels. A sheet showing those easements is attached as Exhibit "A." Note there are three existing structures located on the north end of the property (previously known as Block 276). One building does not comply with current front setback regulations; however, when built the residential structure met regulations in effect at that time. The pre-existing, non- conforming structure has since been converted to a school related museum building and the proposed replatting will increase the current encroachment by five feet (5'). The proposed building line setbacks and easements will not impact any of the other existing structures. Analysis: The applicant has requested the replat of these properties to establish a single lot of record to facilitate future expansions. Once recorded, the new lot of record will be known as the "LaPorte I.S.D. Instructional Support Center". The plat showing the configuration of the lot with all easements in place is attached as Exhibit `B". Under the terms of Section 4.07 of Development Ordinancel444, a replat of all or a portion of a subdivision may be released for recordation and deemed valid and controlling when the following conditions have been satisfied: