03-15-2001 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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P&O Cold Logistics • • Major Development Site Plan Page 2 of 2 specified in Section 106-522 of the Code of Ordinances. The owner or tenant shall develop a screening plan that includes a combination -of trees, shrubs, and ground cover that after three years will be at least twenty feet in height and creates a continuous visual screen. 4. The applicant is responsible for public hearing costs of $148.58. 5. Development is subject to all ordinances and regulations of the City of La Porte and all other applicable law. The ,Council action authorizes the applicant to submit a Major Development Site Plan for the Commission's consideration & approval. Analysis: Staff, using Development Ordinance 1444, Section 4.09 and a major development site plan checklist as a guide, has reviewed the development for the P&O Cold Logistics storage/warehouse expansion and found it to be in substantial compliance with applicable ordinance requirements. As a condition of the General Plan & Special Conditional Use Permit approval, the Council required the applicant to provide an appropriate on -site refuge to keep trucks from parking on the side of North Broadway. The applicant has provided on -site truck parking to improve the movement of trucks in and out of the facility, which also includes an additional access driveway for the site. The eleven .additional loading/unloading stalls or docking doors for trucks would be effective for managing truck circulation at site. In addition to this, the applicant has proposed "No Parking" signage to be installed along North Broadway. (This would require City action to become effective). Staff has noted a statement from the owner/developer specifying responsibility for maintenance of detention system, which has been designed for 100% of the development. As shown on the plan, a 30' landscape setback area is provided along the southern and eastern sides of the proposed development. It also shows approximately 7 acres of open space in addition to a heavily wooded.area with a combination of trees & shrubs, which forms a solid, continuous visual screen. Recommendation:' Staff has reviewed the major development site plan of P&O Cold Logistics and found it complies with the Zoning, Development Ordinance, and all other applicable Ordinances of the City of La Porte. The plan is recommended for approval with the condition that; Prior to the use or occupancy, a subdivision plat for the entire 32.7-acre tract shall be submitted for approval by the City before filing with the Harris County Clerk.