09-25-06 Regular Called Meeting of La Porte Development Corporation

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some multi -family housing. The latter is a strong candidate for demolition and redevelopment as a townhouse project. 3. Immediately adjoining the Sylvan Beach proposed hotel site is an area of single-family, detached housing. This housing stock is in need of upgrade and/or removal to promote the development of the Sylvan Beach area. 4. The area north of Sylvan Beach Park, up to East Main Street has a significant number of undeveloped parcels among others which are generally single-family, detached housing. 5. The Main Street corridor outside of the study area reaches from Highway 146 to Broadway. Additionally, there are a number of significant blocks of land indicated in gold on the plan that are shoreline properties. These blocks generally fall within existing residential development areas. An analysis of the study area has led the Consultant to recommend the development of Sub -district identities which reflect the character of the differing land uses. Preliminary recommendations include the following names: In the center, Sylvan Beach is defined by large areas of public ownership and terminates at Sylvan Beach where San Jacinto Boulevard and Fairmont Parkway converge. Once the heart and soul of the La Porte waterfront, this Sub -district is primarily in public ownership and has potential institutional and commercial uses. Currently, the privately -held lands are significantly underutilized and the publicly -held land are largely developed. South of the proposed Sylvan Beach Subdistrict and north of Little Cedar Bayou is the area proposed to be called Sylvan Beach South. Within this Sub- district, east of Park Street is generally good housing, while west of Park Street the housing is mostly vacant or lower -end. This area has a very significant amount of development or redevelopment potential. North of Sylvan Beach to Deer Creek is the area proposed to be designated as Bay Front . This Sub -district has a wide range of housing, both high- and low -end, with significant undeveloped parcels of land. South of Little Cedar Bayou to the City limits is the area proposed to be called Bay Wood. The City's most diversified housing types are in this Sub- district, with significant areas of under -utilization in its northern portions. Within the Marina Waterfront District, Sub -district designations, by these or other names, will assist the City in understanding the basic land use divisions within the community, as well as provide special identity to various areas, all of which have their own unique, distinctive characteristics. 0 9 0