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0 <br />Staff Report <br />Rezone Request #R97 003 <br />July 17, 1997 <br />Requested for: A 16.6392 acre tract of land out of Tract 712, and 713 LaPorte <br />Outlots. The property in question is located on Fairmont Parkway <br />west of Pecan Crossing and east of the Canada Street R-O-W. <br />Current Zoning: R2 — Residential Mid -Density <br />Requested Zoning: Planned Unit Development (PUD) <br />Requested by: <br />Background: <br />Sverker Mejstedt <br />The applicant seeks a zone change for 16.6 acres to build a golf <br />driving range which is not allowed in a Residential. District. The <br />proximity to residential areas and the Fairmont Parkway location <br />z. . warrants greater wntrol on`the development impacting this area for <br />various public safety concerns, including traffic, noise, etc. , <br />Analyss: <br />The tract in question is zoned R 2. The proposed facility has. an assigned SIC use <br />code .pf 7999, .,which is not permitted r in R-2 zones. Asa P.U.D the property <br />owner,and the commission would have the opportunity to allow the development <br />to happen while protecting the adjacent residential properties. It must be noted <br />that recent residential growth and development on the west side of La Porte <br />warrant additional recreational and open space. According to the comprehensive <br />plan additional park land and open space is needed. Staff would suggest that , <br />both public and private recreational and open space would benefit the City. <br />The commission has the authority to approve the zone change and grant a Special <br />Conditional Use Permit that would accomplish two specific development issues. <br />First, the commission would be promoting additional recreational and open space <br />for new development and secondly development standards could be placed on the <br />proposed property to protect future development. <br />In addition to performance standards there are a number of development standards <br />that are specified by the Zoning Ordinance. These standards are applicable to all <br />P.U.D. developments. Discussion of these issues follows: <br />