11-16-2000 Regular Meeing and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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P&O Cold Logistics • • 2/15/01 P&Z Page 2 of 4 The City Council at its September 11, 1989 meeting, passed and approved Ordinance 1501-K, which authorized the P.U.D. zoning of the said property with an underlying Commercial/Industrial land use for this area. This designation was found to be compatible with the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. A Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU90-002 was then approved by the City on_ April 9, 1990 for the development of International Cargo Network at 502 North Broadway with the following conditions in place: i) A driveway entrance width shall be minimum of thirty (30) feet along.Barbours Cut Boulevard. ii) A utility easement of twenty (20) feet in width for a distance of 1,340 feet to the property corner located at North Broadway and . the southern boundary of the North "E" Street right-of-way, shall be dedicated to the City of LaPorte. iii) A landscape setback area thirty (30) feet in width shall be developed along the southern and eastern sides of the area. All these conditions have been met for the previous SCUP. The current owner, P & O Cold Logistics, a major food service distribution company, which will serve as its central distribution point for the Texas area, is proposing a 65,061 square foot cold storage/warehouse addition to its present 155,657 square foot facility. The development in a PUD zoning district requires that an application for a General Plan shall be filed and processed simultaneously with the Special Conditional Use Permit (for the proposed phase 2 of the development). Upon approval of the General Plan and SCUP, the applicant would be authorized to submit a Major Development Site Plan. Analysis: In addition to performance standards, there are a number of development standards that are specified by the Zoning Ordinance. These standards are applicable to all P.U.D. developments. Section 106-659- of the Code of Ordinances establishes the following criteria for review of the development projects within a P.U.D. zoning district: Uses — Review of the City's updated Land Use Plan indicates that the area for this expansion is envisioned as a Commercial/Industrial use. The first phase was completed in 1991. In the first phase, there is a large cargo building with existing loading docks as well as a rail spur for the flow of goods. The existing building and truck parking/employee parking areas are built in the BI and PUD zoned area. The detention pond and setback areas are located in an R 2 zone. There is plenty of freight parking on existing concrete pavement to the east of the building. The proposed phase two is an expansion of existing storage/warehouse building. The proposed addition will consist of multi temperature freezer storage areas with static storage racks. As per project description, it is designed to house refrigerated shipping