01-16-14 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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Staff Report January 16, 2014 Special Conditional Use Permit #13-91000003 Pilot Truck Travel Center Requested by: PTCAA Texas LP, dba Pilot Travel Centers on behalf of Port Crossing Land LP, Property Owner Requested for: Construction of a truck travel center facility with appurtenant restaurant facilities on a 6.00 acre tract out of 24.32 acres described as "Reserve F Block 3, Port Crossing William P. Harris Survey, Abstract 30, & Johnson Hunter Survey, Abstract 35, LaPorte, Harris County, Texas. Location: Northwest corner of S.H. 146 and Wharton Weems. Present Zoning: Planned Unit Development (PUD) Requested Use: Truck Travel Center Background: The subject property is part of the General Plan for the former Texas Import/Export Park (TIEP); 342.262± acres of land out of the George B. McKinstry League, A-47, William P. Harris Survey, A-30, and Johnson Hunter Survey, A-35, City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas. It was later renamed Port Crossing Business Park, consisting of approximately 286 acres of land along South 16t' Street west of State Highway 146 South. The proposed project consists of a truck travel center of approximately 11,000 square feet containing two internal restaurant facilities and showers for truck patrons. It includes five gas pump islands for automobiles south of the proposed building and nine gas pump islands for trucks north of the proposed building. The site plan shows 51 striped truck parking spaces and 78 striped standard automobile spaces. It does not appear that the existing gateway landscaping at the comer of SH146 and Wharton Weems has been accommodated in this site plan design. The subject property is zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD). Development in a PUD zoning district requires a site plan or a general plan to be filed and processed simultaneously along with an application for a Special Conditional Use Permit.