02-27-17 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Agenda Date Requested:February 27, 2017 Appropriation: Requested By: Ian Clowes Source of Funds: N/A Department: Planning and Development Account Number: N/A Report: __X __Resolution: _____Ordinance: _X___Amount Budgeted: N/A Exhibits: Amount Requested: N/A Ordinance and SCUP P&Z Recommendation Letter Budgeted Item: N/A Applicant Information and Request La Porte Town Center General Plan Area/Zoning Map Land Use Map _____________________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION The applicant, David Miles of Western Spherical Developers, LLC, is seeking approval of a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) to allow construction of an entertainment, commercial and residential mixed use development on a 40 acre tract described as Tracts 1 and 1L, Johnson Hunter Survey, Abstract 35, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. The proposed development, being called the La Porte Town Center, includes a mix of land uses. The applicant received approval for a 20 acre SCUP on this same site for the same uses back in January of 2016. That SCUP has since expired due to inactivity. The applicant has now returned with an expanded SCUP which will include the original 20 acres with the addition of 20 acres to the north. The following is a breakdown of land uses outlined by the applicant in the attached project description letter: 62,000 square foot entertainment center 20,000 square foot conference, theater and museum 90,000 square foot retail cluster 50,000 square feet of office space 30,000 square foot Portrait of a Warrior Memorial Art Gallery 14 brownstone townhomes 12 live-work units 72 townhome units 14 brownstone units 114 room hotel 2 acres of park and water features The site is zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD) and is currently undeveloped. Development within the PUD district requires approval of a SCUP as consideration for the proposed use of the site. The property is located on the east side of State Highway 146 north of Wharton Weems. The city’s Future Land Use Plan currently identifies this site as “Low Density Residential” uses. There is an agenda item on this Council agenda for modification to the Future Land Use Plan.