02-22-1990 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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r rL~~eP~2 ~I/j2 ~~G~l~GIil2 z(1~ ~ ~ui~fif2 ~ ~ 306 West Main Street La Porte, Texas 77571 (713) 471-3807 April 19, 1990 TO Zoning Board of Adjustment SUBJECT: The Grounds for the Request In order to better serve the public, expanding our repair and refinishing location of the retail portion of our which we lease, to 301 W. Main, which Roelof and I are in need of shop area due to the re- business from 306 W. Main, we own. We purchased the 301 building in 1988 which was on the city's con- demnation list and have been actively restoring the structure~to house both our antique/gift shop and furniture repair and refinish- ing business. The antique/gift portion is completed with central air and heat, carpet and pleasant surroundings for the comforts of our customers, however, the renovation has left the refinishing area much too small to house tools and equipment or adequate work space for large pieces of furniture. The refinishing is the most income- producing part of our business and has shown continuous growth. To best serve the public, we need a more defined separation of the work shop area from the retail store area. The expansion would also provide more protection for customer's furniture, as it would furnish a clean, dry, uncrowded area until pick up or delivery. We believe the extension will not be a public interest and will not adversely properties. We feel confident that it and will enhance the area, as well as, and renovate some of these deteriorati increase property values. detriment to the city or to affect the value of adjacent will have the opposite effect, encourage others to purchase ng older structures, thus The addition would be compatible and consistent with typical exist- ing Main Street commercial buildings such as LaPorte Hardware, Main Properties, Hughes Office Supply, LaPorte Florist, the old Toogood's building, just to name a few. We have large streets that can accomo- date front and side parking typical of h4ain Street and adequate space would be provided adjacent to the alley for convenient pick up and delivery. The space requested to build on is not presently used for parking and would not be conducive for that purpose.