09-20-2001 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • Staff Report Fairwood Office Park November 29, 2001 General Plan Requested By: Mr. Dan Dompier, on behalf of Summer Winds, L.L.C. Requested For: A 8.2628 acres of land being portions of Outlots 718 and 719 of the W. B. Lawrence Subdivision, Volume 83, Page 344, H.C.D.R. out of the William M. Jones Survey, Abstract 482, City of LaPorte, Harris County, Texas. Present Zoning: Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) Requested Use: Office based uses, i.e. general administrative and support uses Background: 'The property is south of Caniff Road at the northwest corner of Underwood Road and Fairmont Parkway. A low -density. residential development (Summer Winds Subdivision) sets to the north; a church is west of the property. A high -density residential development (Fairmont Oaks Apartments) along with a commercial strip center is east (across Underwood Road). South of the property is a convenience store/gas . station is at the corner of Fairmont Parkway and Underwood Road. On September 20, 2001, Mr. Dan Dompier asked the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve his Rezone Request #R01-005. The Commission recommended approval to the City Council. At the October 22, 2001 meeting, City Council passed and approved Ordinance 1501-SS, which authorized the P.U.D. zoning of the property. The applicant submitted a General Plan for a four phased project to build an office park with a small retail/shopping area. He is required to obtain a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) for each phase of development. In accordance with the Zoning ordinance, a SCUP for Phase I is being processed simultaneously with this General Plan. According to the General Plan, the project will be developed in the following four phases: Phase I (2.8 acres) - a 26,000 sq. ft. detention/landscape area and a bank facility and other administrative offices include in a 32,006 sq. ft. building. (Uses are subject to approved SCUP.) Fairmont Parkway provides two points of access, and Underwood provides one point of access to the project. Parking includes over 125 head in spaces and 6 ADA accessible spaces.