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0 0 <br />Staff Report July 15,1999 <br />Zone Change Request #R99-002 <br />Requested by: Hwy. 146 & 225, L. P. (Doyle G. Toups) <br />Requested for: Tract 13 D out of Enoch Brinson League, A-5 <br />Location: State Highway 146, La Porte <br />Present Zoning: Light Industrial (LI) <br />Requested Zoning: Heavy Industrial (HI) <br />Background: The property in question is located on north side of State Highways 146 & <br />225 and comprises 26.720 acres (1, 163, 928 square feet) situated in the <br />Enoch Brinson League, Abstract No. 5, Harris County, Texas. All of the <br />undeveloped property is facing Highway 146 on the east and Strang Road on <br />the west within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte (Exhibit A). <br />The Light Industrial zoning designation of the tract was assigned in <br />September, 1989, when the City adopted the current Zoning Map, in <br />conjunction with the Zoning Ordinance. PRAXAIR and DUPONT facilities <br />are located on the west and north of the property across Strang Road in the <br />Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City of La Porte, which is also known as <br />the Battleground Industrial District. <br />Analysis: The applicant, Mr. Doyle Toups, is seeking this rezoning to provide for <br />development of a trucking operation with tank truck cleaning, truck <br />maintenance, warehousing, distribution, and container storage on the <br />property. The tank truck cleaning requires a HI zoning, whereas a trucking <br />operation without tank truck cleaning may be developed in an LI zone. <br />Conformance of a zoning request with the Land Use Plan is one <br />consideration among several criteria to be considered when approving or <br />denying an application. Other criteria may include: <br />• Zoning and uses of nearby properties; <br />• Suitability of the property for the uses permissible within the zoning <br />designation; <br />• Extent to which approval of the application would detrimentally affect or <br />substantially harm the value of nearby properties; <br />• Extent to which the proposed use would adversely affect the carrying <br />capacity of existing public infrastructure; and, <br />