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• • <br />Staff Report August 19, 2004 <br />Zone Change Request #R 04-008 <br />Requested for: A 1.75 acres of land described as TRS 11A and 11B, Block 3, W.J. <br />Payne Subdivision, W.M. Jones Survey, Abstract 482, La Porte, <br />Harris County, Texas. <br />Locations: 9702 & 9710 Spencer Highway <br />;. <br />~' Present Zoning: Low-Density Residential, R-1 <br />Requested Zoning: General Commercial, GC <br />Background: <br />Analysis: <br />• The property in question is located along Spencer Highway near <br />Baker Junior Campus & Underwood Road. <br />• During the zoning map review, staff found the subject property is <br />zoned Low-Density Residential (R 1). The subject property has <br />commercial establishments operating as pre-existing and non- <br />conforming for several years. <br />• The purpose of rezone request is to bring the non-conformity into <br />a more-conforming use with the current ordinances. <br />• The City has a plan to build a new Fire Station No. 2 adjacent to <br />this property at 9710 Spencer Highway. <br />• City staff is using this opportunity to extend the General <br />Commercial (GC) zone to include the fire station site and <br />commercial strip along Spencer Highway at Underwood Road. <br />The property described above is located at the southeast corner of <br />Spencer Highway at Underwood Road in the vicinity of the Baker <br />Junior Campus. An existing commercial strip site is 150'x150'. The <br />City has purchased the property for relocation of its Fire Station No. <br />2 adjoining this strip center. The area in which the subject tract is <br />located is one that, based on the criteria established by the City's <br />Comprehensive Plan, is suitable for the requested General <br />Commercial (GC) zone. The request appears to be compatible with <br />the surrounding uses. <br />~~~~~ <br />