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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />February 17,2011 <br /> <br />Off-Site Parking-DeWalt Alt. School <br />Special Conditional Use Permit <br /> <br />ReQuest: <br /> <br />ReQuested Bv: <br /> <br />ReQuested For: <br /> <br />Present Zonin2: <br /> <br />Land Use Map: <br /> <br />ReQuested Use: <br /> <br />Back!!:round: <br /> <br />Consideration of Special Conditional Use Permit Request <br /> <br />Tim Kunz (VLK Architects) on behalf of LPISD <br /> <br />Approximately 0.05 acre tract of land described as lots 1-7, Block 86, Town <br />of La Porte, Johnson Hunter Survey, Abstract 35, La Porte, Harris County, <br />Texas. The primary facility is located at 401N. 2nd Street. <br /> <br />Low-Density Residential (R -1 ) <br /> <br />Low- Density Residential <br /> <br />The applicant is seeking a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) for the <br />purpose of allowing construction of an off-site parking lot for use by existing <br />DeWalt Alt. School across the street. <br /> <br />Public and private educational institutions are considered 'Conditional Uses' <br />in R-l zone. In addition, off-site parking is classified as a conditional use per <br />Section 106-441, Table A, Code of Ordinances (Chapter 106). <br /> <br />DeWalt Elementary was first built in 1953. Over the years, a brick building <br />at the comer of North 6th and Madison served various purposes for the <br />school district including the location for Special Assignment Classes (SAC). <br />In 1991, a change in State Law designated the creation of an alternative <br />campus, and DeWalt was chosen for this program. <br /> <br />With the passage of a bond election in 1996, a new campus was developed at <br />the comer of North 2nd Street and Madison for the expanding DeWalt <br />Alternative School program, thus keeping Viola DeWalt's legacy within the <br />Northside Neighborhood community. <br /> <br />New campus is operating for several years at this location. Over the past <br />years, a number of employees and students increased with continued growth <br />of La Porte and LPISD campuses. Parking has been an issue with excessive <br />lot coverage of this facility. LPISD owns an additional property across the <br />street from the school and wish to develop as a parking lot for its <br />employees and visitors at this facility. <br /> <br />There are numerous times when private vehicles are parked in front of the <br />existing facility and along the shoulders of N. 2nd Street and West <br />Madison Street within the public rights-of-way. It is staff s opinion that <br />appropriate parking shall be provided to keep these vehicles from parking <br />on the side of the road. Off-site parking will serve as auxiliary parking and <br />will help to alleviate parking problems associated with this development. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT A <br />