04-28-16 Regular Meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment

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Section 106-522 of the city's Code of Ordinances that requires a minimum 25-foot landscape frontage along rights-of-way for development greater than 10 acres in size. Chairman Rothermel opened the public hearing at 6:10. a. Staff Presentation City Planner Ensey presented staff's report for variance request 16-93000003 in which S 16th Street Partners is requesting to encroach on the landscaping frontage requirements along S. 16th Street and W. M Street. City Planner said that the City does plan to construct a street in the W. M Street right-of- way but there is no timeline for the project. b. Applicant Presentation Joseph Llamas, 1503 Ridgecrest Drive,Austin,Texas, presented on behalf of S. 16th Street Partners. Mr. Llamas said that his end user for the building would not have room for the trucks to back in and out without the variance. The applicant also noted that they were donating to the City of La Porte a 40-foot portion of right-of-way in order to widen 16th Street in the future. c. Public Comments There were no public comments. Chairman Rothermel closed the public hearing at 6:33 PM. d. Question and Answer Chairman Rothermel asked Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins if there was any way the City could compel the applicants to put in berms on M Street. Assistant City Attorney Askins said that they could add a condition to their approval of a variance. Motion by Dennis Oian to Variance Request 16-93000003, a request by S. 16th Street Partners (Joseph Llamas) for the property located at 1401 S. 16th Street, legally known as Tracts 1B-3, Abstract 35,Johnson Hunter Survey,to allow for a landscape frontage on S. 16th Street of 14.75 feet and a landscape frontage on the unimproved W. M Street right-of-way of 10 feet for construction of a new warehouse/distribution facility, contrary to the provisions of Section 106- 522 of the city's Code of Ordinances that requires a minimum 25-foot landscape frontage along rights-of-way for developments greater than 10 acres in size, subject to the condition that berms be installed along the W. M Street right-of-way at the time of initial construction of the site. Second by Chester Pool. Motion Carried.