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Type of relief being sought: <br />We are seeking a variance to allow a 50' wide driveway with a 25' radius for our primary facility <br />entrance. Section 106-835 of the City Zoning regulations allows for a maximum width on industrial <br />driveway of 40' with a radius of 15'. <br />The grounds for the request: <br />• We have had the primary entrance to our facility on Strang Road reviewed by two different <br />engineering firms, ETI from Memphis, and Jones & Carter from Houston. Both firms recommend <br />that a 50' driveway is needed with a 25' radius to safely enter the property from Strang Road. <br />o See attached drawings for reference to the facility <br />■ Drawing one shows where a truck and trailer will end up on a 40' driveway <br />• Drawing two shows where a truck and trailer will end up on a 50' driveway <br />• Strang road is a 2 lane road and restricting the driveway width and radius further than <br />requested, will encourage a driver to pull into the opposite lane before entering the property. <br />Also as you can see from drawing one, if you pull into the facility with the 40' driveway, the <br />truck ends up in the exit lane from our facility. If we have a truck trying to exit our facility, we <br />are concerned that another truck will not be able to safely make the turn to enter the facility. <br />We feel that both of these situations create unnecessary safety risks which are alleviated with a <br />larger driveway. <br />• Our facility is zoned heavy industrial and is located at the end of the La Porte City limits— no <br />additional La Porte property is located beyond our facility or directly across Strang Road as this <br />is Harris County. <br />