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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />January 18, 2007 <br /> <br />Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU07--001 <br /> <br />ReQuest: <br /> <br />ReQuest Bv: <br /> <br />ReQuested For: <br /> <br />Present Zoning: <br /> <br />ReQuested Use: <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Special Conditional Use Permit for proposed Future Farmers of America <br />Program (FFA). <br /> <br />Allan and Shelly Rankin rlo 11006 North Avenue P. <br /> <br />1.93 acre tract ofland being TR 394A, La Porte Outlots, City of La Porte, <br />Harris County, Texas. <br /> <br />Large Lot Residential (LL) <br /> <br />Continuing education in the ownership and care oflivestock projects. <br /> <br />FF A is a dynamic, student-led leadership development organization for <br />students of agricultural education. The FF A changes lives and prepares <br />students for premier leadership, personal growth and career success. <br /> <br />Future Farmers of America is the official name of the organization. <br />Agriculture is much broader than farming and ranching. Members study <br />things such as horticulture, aquaculture, food sciences, accounting, <br />wildlife management, mechanics and engineering. Regardless of an FF A <br />member's career choice the FFA provides opportunities to build and apply <br />math, science, technology and leadership skills to their life. The FF A is an <br />integral part of the school's agricultural science program. Each local <br />program is led by an agricultural science teacher who works for the <br />school. FF A members apply what they learn in the classroom in FF A <br />activities through school activities. FF A activities are an outgrowth of the <br />classroom and supervised independent enterprises and projects. <br /> <br />Every FF A member must have a supervised agricultural experience <br />program (SAE). SAE is a project or enterprise that gives members hands- <br />on training and a chance to apply what is learned in the classroom. <br />Livestock projects are very popular, but there are a lot of options: <br />placement in an agricultural job, internships, experimental work in <br />agricultural science, horticultural projects and crop projects. <br /> <br />The applicant's son, Derrick Rankin, a participant of the La Porte FFA <br />Chapter at La Porte High School and an active member of the La Porte 4-H <br />Club, is proposing to house animals for livestock projects at the facility. The <br />subject property is located at 11006 North Avenue P. A I-story metal <br />building/barn is located at least 100 ft. away from the principal building. <br />Approximately a I-acre tract of land is undeveloped with a pond in the rear <br />of the subject tract. <br /> <br />The zoning designation of the property in question is Large Lot Residential <br />(LL). FF A & 4-H programs are classified as conditional use per Section <br />106-416 of the City's Code of Ordinances. <br /> <br />IXHISl1" I <br />.,--1 <br />