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<br />Staff Report December 18, 2008 <br />Trucking Terminals & Truck Routes <br />Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />City Council has directed staff to assess existing development conditions and future <br />development strategies relating to trucking terminals and truck routes within the City limits of <br />La Porte. Staff reviewed existing provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and the prevailing <br />situation of trucking terminals and current truck routes. This was presented as a workshop item <br />at the August 25, 2008, City Council meeting. The Planning and Zoning Commission held a <br />workshop at the November 20,2008 meeting. <br /> <br />The purpose of this amendment to the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 106) is to better designate <br />trucking terminals to a proper location along designated truck routes only. In addition, this <br />amendment shall establish a coordination clause to the existing provisions of the Code of <br />Ordinances. The regulations such as location of truck terminals and truck routes along with <br />definitions are delineated in the Traffic and Vehicles Ordinance (Chapter 70) enforced by <br />the Police Department. These definitions have been added to the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> <br />Based on research and analysis, staff suggests the following amendments to the Code of <br />Ordinances relating to trucking terminals and truck routes: <br /> <br />Code of Ordinances <br /> <br />Existing: <br /> <br />Zoning (Chapter 106) - Per Section 106-746, Location of truck terminals <br />restricted. Truck terminals, as defined in Section 70-211, shall only be <br />located in areas directly adjacent to the right-of-way ofthe truck routes <br />specifically designated in Section 70-231. <br /> <br />Proposed: <br /> <br />Add footnote' l' to Section 106-521, Table A, Industrial Uses, Footnotes. <br /> <br />Trucking terminals - See Section 106-746 of this Chapter for additional <br />requirements. <br /> <br />"J. Trucking Terminals. Trucking terminals shall be allowed only in Light <br />Industrial (LI) and Heavy Industrial (HI) zoning districts and shall be further <br />restricted to locations directly adjacent to authorized truck routes (as same <br />are designated in Section 70-231 of this Code) located in said LI and HI <br />zoning districts . Any truck terminal operating in whole or in part as a <br />container yard or converting to a container yard shall be restricted to Heavy <br />Industrial (HI) zone only. See Section 106-746 of this Chapter for additional <br />requirements. " <br />