2003-10-27 Regular Meeting and Workshop Meeting

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r. •. • • Eddie V. Gray, Trastee P.O. Box 638 Baytown, Texas 77522 281 422-3677 ext 10 November 6, 2003 Re: City of LaPorte Code of Ordinances, Article I, Sec: 74-2(a), as it relates to 4.7792 acres Hi. 225 Feeder at Strang Road To the LaPorte City Council: This letter concerns the 4.7792 acres that I own at the intersection of Hi. 225 Feeder at Strang Road in the City of LaPorte. The property is bounded on the north by Hi. 225 Feeder, on the east by Strang Road and on the south and west by the Union Pacific Railroad line. A survey of the property and a metes and bounds legal description are attached. There is no water utility service to this tract by the City of LaPorte and due to its location, there is little possibility of water service being extended to this area. The legal title on the acreage is held in my name as trustee and the property is not encumbered by any mortgage liens. The tract is zoned Light Industrial. It :is undeveloped now, but I have a potential long-term lease pending on the tract. The lease tenant plans to build a trucking yard. The operation will have a portable office. and the only need for water is to operate the restroom and run the fire protection sprinkler system in the portable office. The water from the well will be potable. ~ There are no other requirements for water for this business use. The lease tenant has proposed drilling a water well on the tract to serve its needs. The well will be of ample size to provide water to the restroom and to provide fire protection to the portable office. No other use. will be made of the well on the property and no other tract other than the 4.7792 acres w~71 be served by the well. Wastewater from the site will be hauled from the site by a licensed wastewater disposal company. I request that the City Council grant a variance from City of LaPorte Code of Ordinances, Article I, Sec. 74-2, to permit the drilling of a water well on this tract for purposes of serving only the 4.7792 acres. This variance shall be conditioned on the fact that in the event the City of LaPorte ever provides City water service to the property that the use of the water well will be discontinued and that the owner/user of the tract will immediately make application to connect to City of LaPorte water service tb this tract. The need for the granting of this variance is urgent due to the impending lease of the tract. The lease tenant needs to begin construction on the lease premises as soon as possible and no later than thirty (30) days from today. This variance will be subject to obtaining a water well permit from the Harris County and Galveston County Subsidence District. Discussion indicates that the well permit described above will be obtainable. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Please contact me with any questions. Yours truly, l/ Eddie V. Gray, Trustee