09-16-2004 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing, and Workshop Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • Staff Report October 21, 2004 Zone Change Request #R04-009 Reauested bv: Frontier Logistics, LLC c/o John Vossler Requested for: 11.416 acres of land described as lots 1 thru 32 of blocks 349, 350, 351, and 352 along with portions of First Street and North G Street, including alleys in block 349, 351, 352, and the alley in block 350 (vacated, abandoned, and closed by Ordinance No.1156), Town of La Porte, Nebraska Syndicate, Johnson Hunter Survey, A-35, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. Location: 101 E. Bazbours Cut Boulevazd Present Zoning: Light Industrial (LI) & Heavy Industrial (HI) Reauested Zoning: Planned Unit Development. (PUD) Background: The subject property is located at the northwest corner of West Bazbours Cut Boulevazd and North Broadway. The company's wazehouse facility is to the east across Broadway in the City of Morgan's Point. The City of La Porte limit lines run pazallel to the property lines to the east along North Broadway. The main access to the property is along North Broadway. The company owns all of blocks 349, 350, 351, and 352 plus a 16' alley in block 350. The rest of the alleys in blocks 349, 351, 352, and portions of North ls` Street (unimproved ROW) need to be purchased from the City through the street and alley closing process by ordinance. The Industrial zoning designation of the property was assigned when the City adopted the current Zoning Ordinance. The Frontier Logistics container facilities are located on the west of the said property along Bazbours Cut Boulevazd. Other logistics capabilities and services aze listed as under: • 292 k sq.ft wazehouse • Rail yazd • Packaging • Trucking In the vicinity, the applicant claims to have the most modern intermodal facility on the U.S. Gulf, Barbours Cut Container Terminal, which was designed for vessel productivity and project cazgo. The terminal is located at the mouth of Galveston Bay and is three and one half hours' sailing time from the Gulf of Mexico.