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Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting <br />January 19, 2017 <br />La Porte Town Center General Plan <br /> <br />Planning and Development Department <br />Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE <br /> <br />Consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by the applicant David <br />Miles, Western Spherical Developers, LLC for the La Porte Town Center General Plan to <br />allow construction of an entertainment, commercial and residential mixed use <br />development on a 40 acre tract described as Tracts 1 and 1L, Johnson Hunter Survey, <br />Abstract 35, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. This item would become an exhibit to the <br />Special Conditional Use Permit (Agenda Item #5), should it be approved by the Planning <br />and Zoning Commission and City Council. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />Staff recommends approval of the proposed General Plan for the La Porte Town Center <br />development, subject to a condition that any substantial deviation require an <br />amendment to the General Plan approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />Property Owner: <br />Bayforest Ranch LTD/ Dr. Malladi S. Reddy (92 Fairmont Lake, Inc.) <br /> <br />Developer/Applicant: <br />David Miles, Western Spherical Developers, LLC. <br /> <br />: <br />The applicant is seeking approval of this General Plan to allow for construction of a <br />mixed use town center development on the subject property. The applicant is under <br />contract to acquire 2 separate 20 acre tracts of land. The attached Exhibit A includes the <br />proposed General Plan/Land Use Plan along with a project description letter submitted <br />by the applicant. The General Plan identifies the scale and scope of the proposed <br />development along with all proposed land uses. <br /> <br />Background Information: <br />The subject site is approximately 40 acres in area and is located on the east side of State <br />Highway 146 just north of Wharton Weems. The attached Exhibit B is an Area Map <br />showing the location of the subject property. <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />