11-12-18 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Appropriations Agenda Date Requested: November 12, 2018 Source of Funds: N/A Requested By: Ian Clowes, City Planner Account Number: N/A Department: Planning and Development Amount Budgeted: N/A Report: __X __Resolution: _____Ordinance: ____ Amount Requested: N/A Exhibits: Proposed Amendments P&Z Recommendation Letter Budgeted Item: N/A Port Crossing Development Agreement Site Plan ______________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION The Port Crossing development is located on approximately 300 acres fronting the west side of Highway 146 and is bisected by Wharton Weems Blvd. This Increment Re-investment Zone. As such, there is a development agreement in place with the owner/developer, Liberty Property Trust. Exhibit B of the Development Agreement is a general plan identifying the individual parcels and the underlying zoning designation for each. Exhibit C of the Development Agreement specifies what land uses are and are not permitted within each underlying zoning district. Liberty Property Trust, in their continual efforts to market the development, has identified a purchaser for Reserves E1 and E2. The potential buyer, Core Trucking, would like to bring their truck transportation business th to the site. They would be relocating from their current lease site located at 501 S. 16. The new site would allow for future expansion of their growing business. The new location would also allow for direct access to HWY 146 via Wharton Weems Blvd., keeping Core Trucking trucks off of Fairmont, where they currently gain access to 146. Reserves E1 and E2 have zoning designations of Business Industrial (BI) for reserve E1 and General Commercial (GC) for reserve E2. According to Exhibit C of the Development Agreement, Core Trucking is not currently a three potential NAICS codes, 484110, 484121, and 484122, all of which deal directly with General Freight Trucking. In order to permit the proposed use on reserves E1 and E2, Liberty Property Trust has proposed an amendment that would permit the above listed NAICS codes, as additional permitted uses on the specified reserves. Below is the proposed language to be added to Exhibit C Allowed land uses: "In addition to the foregoing, the following uses are permitted within Reserves E1 and E2 as shown on the Port Crossing General Plan attached as Exhibit B: