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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Appropriations <br />Agenda Date Requested: April 8, 2019 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Source of Funds: N/A <br /> <br />Requested By: Ian Clowes <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Account Number: N/A <br />Department: Planning and Development <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: N/A <br />Report: __X __Resolution: _____Ordinance: _X___ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Requested: N/A <br />Exhibits: Ordinance Changes Shown <br /> <br /> Ordinance Clean Version <br />Budgeted Item: N/A <br />P&Z Recommendation Letter <br /> <br /> <br />__________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />During the most recent review of Chapter 106- Zoning of the City of La Porte Code of Ordinances, the Planning <br />and Zoning Commission Chapter 106 Subcommittee and staff addressed four (4) items that were identified for <br />possible amendments. Below are a list of the subject items and proposed amendments recommended by the <br />Planning and Zoning Commission at the February 21, 2019 meeting. <br /> <br />1. Regulation of merchant wholesaler uses (distribution centers) throughout the industrial zoning districts <br />Section 106-310. <br />a. Recommendation to add language to the land use table that restricts merchant wholesaler uses by <br />requiring a SCUP in BI zoning districts, and requiring a SCUP in in LI and HI zoning districts for <br />merchant wholesaler uses that exceed 40,000 square feet or 5 acres. <br />2. Regulation of shipping containers being used for residential construction Section 106-334 <br />a. Recommendation to add language that requires homes constructed out of shipping containers to <br />be clad with materials on the façade so as to hide all portions of the shipping container structure <br />and prohibit use in the Main Street and Main Street Overlay Districts. <br />3. Regulation of hotel/motel use throughout the city in all zoning districts Section 106-44 and 106-310 <br />a. No changes proposed at this time. <br />b. The Subcommittee agreed to revisit the Hotel/Motel use requirements at the annual review of <br />Chapter 106 to begin later this summer. <br />4. Changes to language regarding fence height for fences with barbed wire Section 106-797 <br />a. Recommendation to change existing language to meet standard construction regulations. <br />Attached is the draft version of the proposed recommendations. Text in red highlights modifications to <br />language to support proposed recommendations to Chapter 106- Zoning of the City of La Porte Code of <br />Ordinances. <br /> <br /> <br />