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<br />, .. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />KNOX W. ASKI NS, ..J. D., P. C. <br />ATTORNEY AT LAW <br /> <br />.JOHN D. ARMSTRONG, .J,O. <br />ASSOCIATE <br /> <br />702 W. F"AIRMONT PARKWAY <br />P. O. BOX 1218 <br />LA PORTE. TEXAS 77571-1218 <br /> <br />TELEPHONE <br />713 471'1886 <br /> <br />April ~l, 1988 <br /> <br />Mr. Robert T. Herrera <br />City l1anager <br />City'of La Porte <br />City Hall <br />La,' Porte, Texas <br /> <br />Re: Proposed ~cDonald's Restaurant at Fairmont Parkway <br />and South 8th Street, La Porte <br /> <br />Dear Bob: <br /> <br />McDonald's Corporation plans to acquire a tract of land at Fairmont <br />Parkway and South 8th Street in La Porte, legally described as Lots <br />20 through 32, Block 1101, Town of La Porte, being 125' of frontage <br />on Fairmont Parkway, and 325' of depth on South 8th Street. <br />McDonald's proposed sketch plan also indicates the need for.surface <br />use of the adjoining sixteen foot City alley, for vehicular and <br />pedestrian ing~ess and egress, and vehicular parking. <br /> <br />The sketch plan indicates a 65' high identification sign at the <br />corner of Fairmont Parkway and South 8th Street. Finally, the <br />sketch plan indicates the removal of the La Porte State Bank "GUS" <br />sign from its present location, which is the western most twenty- <br />five feet of Lot 32, Block 1101, Town of La Porte, to a location in <br />the adjoining alley. The property on the west side of the alley is <br />owned by the Harris County Flood Control District. <br /> <br />The proposed sketch plan raises the following legal issues which <br />would have to be addressed by the City of La Porte: <br /> <br />1) The subject property is situated in a General Commercial <br />District~~eights of signs in the General Commercial District <br />are est~li$hed at a maximum of 45'. lThe present Burger King <br />si~5' ,; but it was constructed pr ior to the passage of <br />.~ n~~zon~ng o:dinance.) In order to al~ow ~ 65' . <br />ldentlfrc1ltlon slgn on the property, the dlstr'lct regulatlons <br />for General Commercial Districts would have to be amended. <br />This would require an application and hearing before Planning <br />and Zoning, a recommendation from Planning and Zoning to City <br />Council, and favorable action by City Council, to amend these <br />regulations. <br /> <br /> <br />2) The City of La Porte has in the past "licensed" the surface <br />use of City of La Porte alleys and streets, for vehicular and <br />pedestrian use, in conjunction with the continued use of such <br />