01-19-17 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting January 19, 2017 La Porte Town Center General Plan 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 As part of the SCUP, staff has included a number of conditions related to the proposed land uses, including limitation on certain uses within the development area. The intent of the development is to provide retail, restaurant and service uses along with some brownstone townhouse and live-work units. In 2007, the city approved a General Plan for the adjacent tracts of land north and south E). The development included various phases of single family detached residential development. The phases developed to this point are the DR Horton Homes development at the southeast corner of Wharton Weems and Highway 146 and Bayshore Elementary School at the northeast corner of Mc Cabe and Highway 146. Although the proposed development is not consistent with the current Future Land Use Plan (FLUP) as adopted in the Comprehensive Plan, staff has brought forward an amendment to the FLUP. The city may, from time to time, amend its FLUP. As part of the SCUP, a condition has been added to ensure compatibility with surrounding land uses by requiring the construction of an 8-foot high solid masonry fence with landscaping along the north and south perimeter boundary of the property. The proposed General Plan shows phasing of the development into three phases. The first phase includes development of the Family Entertainment Center, hotel, and commercial pad sites along Highway 146 along with associated detention. Phase II includes the remainder of the commercial along with a portion of the townhomes and the live-work units. And finally, the third phase is the rest of the public road and remaining townhomes. right-of-s the eastern portion of the site though an easement. The applicant will be required to extend public utility lines through the development to provide those utilities to all properties. As a result, the applicant 3