1991-09-23 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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k ~. r ~ • Several years ago the City of La Porte passed a comprehensive zoning plan for the City and this paticular tract was zoned Planned Unit Development, yet there is no infrastructure in place for development of any nature. The zoning designation PUD over the entire portion of this tract has adversely affected the marketability of the property ,due to the fact that the tract has over 1 mile of rail frontage which is normally associated with heavy industrial users. Many industrial users shy away from attempting to fight the City of Laporte on Zoning issues. Last year the owners of this tract, spent money surveying and dedicating a 100 foot wide drainage easement on the south end of this parcel and neither Harris County or the City of La Porte has expressed any interest in assisting the landowners in getting the drainage right of way functional, to facilitate development of the area. The Texas Legislature has passed laws addressing the specific obligations of Municipalities when annexing a tract of land and one of obligations is to provide utilities to the property within three years. The City of La Porte has had eighteen years to provide utilities to this tract and has not done so, my advice to these landowners is to ask the City to be de-annexed since the City is not providing any services or utilities for the City Taxes that are being paid on the property. In years past I have had Game Wardens and La Porte Police officers hunting on this lease which further insured against anyone trespassing and now the City Council has made it illegal for me to allow them to hunt anymore. Since the ordinance only speaks to game animals as defined by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code ", does the City Council have any objections to my stocking the property with Mouflon Rams and Barbadoau Sheep? The Texas Legislature several years ago struck down a law that made it illegal to hunt in the City Limits as unconstitutional. Deer hunting in Texas is Big Business and with the stroke of a pen, La Porte's City Council took away a valuable source of income for me, from this property. I am hereby humbly requesting that the City Council Grandfather my hunting rights on this property, since it poses no threat to Public Health or Safety and there is no anticipated development of the property, until the drainage and infrastructure problems are resolved. Respectful yo rs, s h W. Shunta