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Staff Report March 15, 2001 <br />Zone Change Request #R 01-001 <br />The Planning and2oning Commission in their February 15, 2001, meeting directed staff <br />to assess existing development conditions and future development strategies relating to <br />commercial and residential land uses and zoning under the guidance of the updated <br />Comprehensive Plan and Thoroughfare Plan. Section 106-171 of the City's Code of <br />Ordinances allows the Planning and Zoning Commission to make such a motion. The <br />area of interest is in proximity to the airport and pipeline corridor along Spencer <br />Highway. The following report considers revisions to the Land -Use Plan and zoning <br />designations in the area. <br />Background <br />The City's 1984 Comprehensive Plan and Thoroughfare Plan indicated the <br />need for -a north/south arterial roadway east of the La Porte Municipal <br />Airport, intersecting S.H. 225 and running north/south along the pipeline <br />corridor to intersect Fairmont Parkway. That road would have been <br />aligned through a portion of the Spencer Landing subdivision. The <br />objective of this roadway was to maximize mobility within the community <br />by separating the street system and to distribute local and outside traffic to <br />major employment and activity centers of the area: This arterial roadway <br />would have formed two major intersections at Spencer Highway just east <br />of La Porte Municipal Airport and Fairmont Parkway east of Driftwood <br />Drive: <br />Analysis <br />The Thoroughfare system is interrelated with other components of the <br />Comprehensive Plan including land.uses, "housing, environment, public <br />utilities, and recreation and open space. Based on the presumption that the <br />north -south arterial roadway would have been constructed and intersect <br />Spencer Highway just east of the airport and pipeline corridor, the 1984 <br />Land Use Plan provided for commercial uses in an area that would have <br />been a major intersection. Subsequently, Neighborhood Commercial (NC) <br />zoning was established at the intersection. This designation was <br />considered compatible with the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive <br />Plan at that time. <br />The Updated Comprehensive Plan and Thoroughfare Plan do not include <br />this north/south arterial roadway within this area. With no intersecting <br />arterial roadway in the vicinity, commercial land uses and Neighborhood <br />Commercial (NC) zoning is no longer desirable. Review of the City's <br />