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• • R• • SAM1'LIL STAFF REPORT City o[ Ls Purfc Planning Department Staff Report to Zoning Board of Adjustment Date: July, l ; ] 999 Agenda Item No.: .Item #2 •' ~Pubiic hearing to consider anti take appropriate . action on:an application 1'ar as cxcmplicm to an extended useful life °for a legal nonconforming use for auto sales in a . residential lone, located at 1111 LIm Street, Block 1, I.ot 1, Shady Acres Subdivision kclwrt To: 7,oning Board_ofAdjustment Report By: lloug Kneupper, Director of Planning !. Background ~- 4n July 1, 19,90. Carter Auto Saleswa~ issued a permit to sell used vehicles in a cotnmcrcial gone at_ 1111 Flm Strcot, Black 1, Lot I, Shady Acres Subdivision. nn May I, 1999, the City Council amended the La Porto 7.c~ning IVlap and desil;natcd the property as °a .residential zonr~. The propcriy owner and dperator, Boh Carter, has submitted an application for an exemption fit~m an extendcci useful life for th~c auto xales-use: l;xhibit A is a location map i~f the subject site. ii. Description of Noncttnformin~ Use When .the building permitted way issued in 1990, the auto saic.~ use was located in a cotntnercia] ioue. Since the property is now zoned residential, the auto sales use is a legal nonconforming use. Only single family residences are allowed in the residential zoning district.: Auto sales in a residcnt~l •rone is trot an allowable use. The auto salc.~ use is a violation of Section 101 of the LaPorte Code which identifies the land uses allowed in a residential zone. No structures are Located on the subject lot in which the auto sales arc occurring. Exhibit 13 is a photcigraphol'lhe°auto sales u.~e. Exhibit C is the Nonconforming iJse lnfortnation Dorm completed by staff, £i'd Analysis uFnivision 9, 7.oning Onlinance. Nonconforming HuiTdings, Structures, and. U.~ 11 City of La Porte, Texas, July 18, 199 I~wc~ HiTI & Patthrson Consultants