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Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting <br />October 20, 2016 <br />Major Development Site Plan Port of Houston Authority <br /> <br /> <br />The site is split zoned LI and HI, Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial, and is partially <br />developed with one building in the LI portion and one with a container yard in the HI. <br />The attached Exhibit D is the Zoning Map for the site. <br /> <br />The proposed use, warehouse/rail yard distribution, is permitted in the LI zone. The City <br />Plan identifies the part of the parcel in which the building will sit <br />as LI. Exhibit E is a Land Use Map exhibit showing the subject site and surrounding <br />properties. The following table summarizes the surrounding zoning and land uses: <br /> <br /> Zoning Land Use <br />bƚƩƷŷ LI, Light Industrial Southern Pacific Railroad Company <br />{ƚǒƷŷ LI, Light Industrial & HI, Heavy Undeveloped property <br />Industrial <br />‘ĻƭƷ BI, Business Industrial & PUD, Existing warehouse building and storage yard (1400 & <br />Planned Unit Development 910 Hwy. 146 N.) <br />9ğƭƷ HI, Heavy Industrial Existing building (300 N. J St. #32) <br /> <br />Analysis: <br />This site development plan was reviewed according to the provisions of Chapter 86-7 <br />(c). Because the overall site is greater than 10 acres in size, it requires consideration by <br />the Planning and Zoning Commission. The site plan is also subject to all applicable <br />requi <br />Ordinances). Planning staff has reviewed the proposed site development plan and <br />concluded that the application complies with all applicable code requirements. The <br />following is a description of various considerations: <br /> <br />{źƷĻ LƒƦƩƚǝĻƒĻƓƷƭ͵ <br />The site will include a 457,833 square foot building, new parking lots with a total of 64 <br />automobile parking spaces, truck loading docks on the south side of the building, site <br />circulation, utility connections, landscaping, and drainage improvements for lease by the <br />Port of Houston Authority. <br /> <br />\[ğƓķƭĭğƦźƓŭ. <br />The site development plan includes proposed landscaping in accordance with the <br />provisions of Section 106-800 of the Code of Ordinances. The applicant is proposing <br />planting shade trees and shrubs along N. J Street <br />frontage. The applicant is proposing trees and shrubs in planters within the parking lot <br />areas in order to visually break up the parking lot as well as provide future shade relief. <br />Staff has reviewed the landscaping proposed and finds that it is consistent with the <br />landscaping required in Section 106-800 of the Code of Ordinances. <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />