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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />December 16,2010 <br /> <br />Dow Hydrocarbons & Resources <br />PLAT <br /> <br />Requested by: <br /> <br />Requested for: <br /> <br />Location: <br /> <br />Land Use Map: <br /> <br />Present Zonine:: <br /> <br />Backe:round: <br /> <br />Dow Hydrocarbons & Resources, Inc. c/o Darrel Heidrich <br /> <br />26.8206 acres pt. TRS lA, 2B and 6B, being situated in the Enoch Brinson <br />Survey, Abstract 5 and Nicholas Clopper Survey, Abstract 198, La Porte, <br />Harris County, Texas. <br /> <br />727 Old Underwood Road <br /> <br />Commercial and Industrial <br /> <br />Planned Unit Development (PUD) <br /> <br />The property in question consists of 26.8206-acre tract as recorded in the <br />Clerk's File No. P800502, Film Code No. 094-78-3003 of the Harris County <br />Deed Records, being situated in the Enoch Brinson Survey, Abstract No.5, <br />and Nicholas Clopper Survey, Abstract No. 198, La Porte, Harris County, <br />Texas. The subject tract has existing buildings used as administrative office <br />and mechanical shops. The subject property is within the vicinity of business <br />parks and light industrial facilities along Underwood Road and <br />Independence Parkway (a.k.a. Battleground Road). <br /> <br />The existing facility primarily houses personnel and equipment associated <br />with the maintenance and construction operations. Dow Hydrocarbons and <br />Resources, Inc. purchased the property in 1978. The company constructed <br />piping, pump station, storage tank, office, shop, and warehouse buildings in <br />1979. A radio tower was constructed at the facility in 1988. An additional <br />metal storage building was constructed in 1990. Later on, the tank and <br />pumping station were demolished in 2000. Approximately 20 acres of <br />undeveloped property to the east is fenced and leased for grazing. Currently, <br />some piping and above ground valves exist at site. <br /> <br />The applicant is platting 26.8030 acres of land into two lots and one block <br />along Old Underwood Road. Lot 1 with existing buildings occupies 7.6186 <br />acres. An undeveloped lot 2 consists of 19.1844 acres. A few years ago, the <br />subject property was rezoned from General Commercial (GC) and Large Lot <br />(LL) residential to Planned Unit Development (PUD). The abutting zoning <br />designations are: North - PUD, GC & LL to the south, LL to the east, and <br />GC to the west. <br />