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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />Replat <br />UndelWood Self Storage <br /> <br />May 15, 2008 <br /> <br />Reauested Bv: <br /> <br />Reauested For: <br /> <br />Location: <br /> <br />Present Zonim~: <br /> <br />Back2round: <br /> <br />Analvsis : <br /> <br />Conclusion: <br /> <br />Lloyd & Linda Duncan, Property Owners <br /> <br />4.3565 acre tract of land being a replat of Underwood Self Storage <br />Subdivision as recorded in Volume 573, Page 174, H.C.M.R. (4.00 acres) <br />and 0.3565 acre of land being a portion of lot 10, block 2 of W. J. Payne <br />Subdivision, as recorded in Volume 384, Page 161, of the Harris County <br />Map records, William M. Jones Survey, Abstract 482, La Porte, Harris <br />County, Texas. <br /> <br />2619 Underwood Road <br /> <br />General Commercial (GC) <br /> <br />The applicant is platting 4.3565 acre tract to create a commercial reserve' A' <br />for existing facility known as Underwood Self Storage. A subdivision plat <br />was approved to build a mini-storage facility on a 4.00 acre tract of land <br />along Underwood Road near Spencer Highway. Later on, the applicant <br />purchased 0.3565 acre tract abutting the subdivision between the storage <br />facility and the shopping plaza. Mini-storage/warehousing in a General <br />Commercial zone is classified as Conditional Use per Code of Ordinances. <br />City Council approved Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU04-010 on <br />August 23, 2004. <br /> <br />Underwood Self Storage, a mini-storage/warehousing facility is located <br />just north of Underwood Plaza and Gringo's Restaurant along Underwood <br />Road. The property is within proximity to the major retail commercial <br />developments and residential in the rear. The existing land uses are <br />primarily commercial (grocery store, restaurants, drug store, beauty shop, <br />insurance company, and other miscellaneous shops). <br /> <br />Exxon/Mobil Pipeline runs diagonally through the existing facility along <br />Underwood Road.. The parameters of this easement allow only access to <br />owned land via a paved driveway. Landscaping and screening is required <br />adjoining residential properties to the rear in compliance with Section 106- <br />444(a) of the Code of Ordinances. All landscaping and screening shall be <br />maintained by the owner/developer. Any outside storage shall be screened <br />from public view. <br /> <br />Staff finds the requested plat satisfies applicable provisions of the State <br />Law and City Ordinances. Staff recommends approval of the replat of <br />Underwood Self Storage. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT A <br />