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• • <br />5taffReport DNV Petroleum Services November 16, 2000 <br />Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU Otl~-002 <br />Reauest: Special Conditional Use Permit Request #SCU 00-002 <br />Requested Bv: Mr. Alfred Barry, DNV Petroleum Services, Inc. <br />Res~uested For: Approximately 0.61 acre (26,600 sq. ft.} described as lots 1 thru 8 and the <br />adjoining west one half of the alley of Block 681, Town of La Porte, as <br />recorded in Volume $3, Page 345 of the Harris County Deed Records, J. <br />Hunter Survey A 3S, City of La Porte, Hams County, Texas. The property is <br />located in the 300 Block of North 16`~ Street (Exhibit A). <br />Present Zoning: Light Industrial (LI) <br />Req,4este~Use: Applicant is seeking a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) to operate a <br />fuel quality testing business located at 320 N. l6~' Street. Section 106-441 of <br />the Code of Ordinance classifies this type of development as a Conditional <br />Use. <br />~acksround: Previously, a Special Conditional Use Permit was approved for Alliance <br />Recovery Services on July 12, 1999 for this same property. Alliance did not <br />follow through with their permit. This request is for use of an existing <br />building with some site modifications. The use will be fuel quality testing on <br />site. The applicant has provided staff with the company brochures, which <br />describe the fuel testing activities. The following information is based on the <br />documents provided by DNV. <br />• The world leader in bunker fuel testing <br />• Own laboratories -Oslo, Rotterdam, United States and Singapore <br />• Unequalled experience from more than 200, 000 sample analyzed <br />• Confidence of more than 7000 ships in the program <br />• Detailed analysis results of samples are available within 24 working <br />hours <br />• Decentralizer~ well trained technical expertise in all laboratories <br />• Centralized computer links to all laboratories provide instant data <br />• Round-the-clock technical support spanning all time zones <br />• Largest database on fuel quality in the world <br />• Published statistics available to members of FQT. <br />DNV Petroleum Services pioneered Fuel Quality Testing (FQT~ in 1980 at a <br />time when the market was seriously concerned with rising fuel costs and <br />