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<br />Staff Report June 28, 2007 <br />Special Exception Request #SE 07-004 <br /> <br />Reauested by: <br /> <br />Wycoff Construction Inc. on behalf of Process Products (puffer Sweiven), <br />Property Owner <br /> <br />Reauested for: <br /> <br />Lots 17 thru 21, Block 76; Town of La Porte, Johnson Hunter Survey, <br />Abstract 35, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. <br /> <br />Location: <br /> <br />301 North 8th Street <br /> <br />Zonine:: <br /> <br />General Commercial (GC) <br /> <br />Backe:round: <br /> <br />Applicant is requesting a Special Exception to erect a fence in the front yard <br />setback. Total area of the tract in question is 15,625 square foot (0.35 ac.) <br />described as lots 17 thru 21, Block 76, located at 301 North 8th Street and <br />West Adams Street. The property is currently zoned General Commercial <br />(GC) and the City's Code of Ordinances prohibits a fence being erected <br />within the required front yard setback of the commercial zoning districts. <br /> <br />Earlier, the applicant requested a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) for <br />the purpose of allowing construction of an off-site parking lot for use by <br />Process Products. Off-site parking is classified as a conditional use per <br />Section 106-441, Table A, Commercial Uses of the Code of Ordinances <br />(Chapter 106). <br /> <br />City Council approved Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU07-003 at the <br />April 9, 2007, meeting with the following conditions: <br /> <br />1. SCU#07 -003 is specifically limited to the off-site parking. <br />2. Off-site parking shall comply with all parking standards. <br />3. Screening and/or landscaping of parking lot shall be required in <br />accordance with Section.106-444(a) of the Code of Ordinances. <br />4. All lighting in the parking lot shall be hooded and arranged to deflect <br />light away from the adjoining properties in compliance with Section <br />106-521(a). <br />5. The Developer shall comply with all applicable laws and ordinances of <br />the City and the State of Texas. <br /> <br />Subsequently, the City approved a development site plan for this property. <br />The development site plan shows twenty five parking spaces with <br />landscaping around the perimeter boundary and driveway off North 8th <br />Street. The building setbacks in GC zone are Front 20', Rear 10', and Side <br />10' (adjacent to public right-of-way). During the planning process, the <br />applicant did not propose a fence for this property. <br />