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<br />• <br />Staff Report November 20, 2003 <br />Zone Change Request #R 03-008 <br />Requested bv: Shaw Maintenance, Inc. <br />Requested for: 21.289 acres being out of Lots 367, 368, 369, 369A, <br />and 370, LaPorte Outlots <br />Location: 1241 Underwood Road <br />Land Use: Commercial, Low & Mid to High Density Residential <br />Present Zoning:. General Commercial (GC), Medium Density Residential (R-2), and <br />Low-Density Residential (R 1) <br />Requested Zoning: Business Industrial (BI) <br />Surrounding Zoning: <br />North - GC, R-2, R 1 <br />South - GC, R 2, R 1 <br />East - R-1 <br />Background: The property in question consists of 21.289-acres described as being out of <br />lots 367, 368, 369, 369A, and 370 of the La Porte outlots (Volume 61, Page <br />374 as per H.C.D.R) and being situated- in the Enoch Brinson Survey, <br />abstract No. 5 and The N. Clopper Survey, Abstract No. 198, City of La <br />Porte, Harris .County, Texas. The subject tract has existing buildings used as <br />administrative offices and mechanical shops. The facility has been used for <br />- miscellaneous shop fabrication since the mid 1990's. The subject property is <br />within the vicinity of commercial and light industrial facilities along <br />Underwood Road. <br />The applicarn is primarily engaged to house personnel and equipment <br />associated with the mairnenance and construction operations in and around <br />Harris County and the Gulf Coast Region. The facility is also involves in <br />miscellaneous shop fabrication of metal products (SIC# 3443). However; the <br />process occurs inside the mechanical shop and is not visible to the public. <br />The applicant wants to expand the business by utilizing the property to the <br />fullest extent: The purpose is to lease some of the buildings for the activities <br />like pipe compression, cut pipe to size, distribution of steel pipe & tube, light <br />fabrication, and outside storage of pipes etc. <br />