04-17-2003 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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M Mundo La Porte • • May 15, 2003 Page 3 of 4 The City prepared a long-term sanitary sewer master plan for providing sewer service to unserved areas of southeast LaPorte. The plan calls for a lift station to be placed at the southwest corner of McCabe Road and Taylor Bayou (A 104-00-00). As the area develops, the City plans to construct a sanitary sewer system for this area. This will require the developer to dedicate land at McCabe and Taylor Bayou. Once the system is operational, the developers temporary lift station shall be abolished. • Drainage — This property lies within the Taylor Bayou Watershed. There are not sufficient channel improvements to directly receive storm water runoff from this project. However, the plan shows that storm water will be managed using a 4-acre detention -basin system. • Zoning — Currently, of 28 acres needed to develop this project, only 16 are zoned PUD; the balance is R-1. Multi -family development is allowed in the PUD but is not allowed in R 1. The developer must seek a rezone to PUD or R 3 to develop multi -family units on these 12 acres. Multi -family regulation — Recently the Commission and City Council adopted new multi -family development regulations. The regulations established new requirements for open spacefrecreation and amenities, maintenance, spacing requirements of multi -family developments for each other, _ 180 unit maximum, 14 units per acre density, and ingresslegress. When development in the PUD district occurs, the Commission is allowed to follow the regulations of the district the development could be built; however, the PUD allows for some flexibility and creativity. Therefore, strict adherence to the aforementioned requirements is not necessary. Recommendation: Based on items discussed under Analysis, Staff requests further directions from the Commission Additional information and details need to be discussed with the owner/developer. These items/conditions are listed below: 1. The owner/developer must receive a rezone to PUD or R 3 on 12 acres currently zoned R 1. This would result in the project having 28 acres that could be developed as multi -family instead of only 16 acres. 2. The overall density of the project shall not exceed 16 dwelling units per acre. 3. The applicant must adhere to the terms and regulations provided for multi -family development except for the following: units per acre, 180-unit limit, and 1000' spacing requirement.