06-18-1998 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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i Staff Report Texas Import/Export Park, Phase I July 21,1998 Special Conditional Use Permit #98-001 Reauest: Discuss Special Conditional Use Permit Request #98-001 Proposed Development within a Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) Zone Requested Bv: La Porte 81, Ltd., LaPorte 82, Ltd, La Porte 115, Ltd. by Stuart Haynsworth, General Partner Reauested For: Approximately 103 Acres out of a 342.262 acre tract in the Geo B. McKinstry, A-47; Wm. P. Harris Survey, A-30; Johnson Hunter Survey, A- 35 City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas. The property is located in the 2000 Block of Powell Road (So. 16~' Street). Present Zoning: Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) Reauested Use: Industrial, Commercial and Multi-Family Residential Background: Texas Import/Export Park is a proposed industrial, commercial and multi- family residential development to be located in an area south of Fairmont Parkway, north of Mc Cabe Road and between existing Southern Pacific railroad tracks and State Highway 146 South. As part of a Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) development, the applicant is responsible for submitting a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) Request and a General Plan. The SCUP request and General Plan has been submitted by the applicant; however, major issues need to be addressed on a project of this size. Staff has added the SCUP request to the agenda as a discussion onl, into ensure the Commission and staff have ample time to address these issues. This early review of the SCUP and General Plan Sketch will allow the applicant to make any changes and provide the Commission with all requested information. When the SCUP request is added to the agenda as an action item, the General Plan will be added as well. This will allow them to be processed simultaneously as described in Sect. 106-659 of the City's Code of Ordinances.