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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Staff Report <br /> <br />Fairlane & S. B.146 <br />Truck Stop <br />Zone Change Request #R04-005 <br /> <br />May 20, 2004 <br /> <br />Reouested by: Niranjan S. Patel & Ajay Jain c/o Bobby Grisham. <br /> <br />Reouested for: TR 1, Block 4, Nebraska Syndicate, Johnson Hunter Survey, Abstract No. 35 <br />La Porte, Harris County, Texas <br /> <br />Locations: 700 Block of State Highway 146 <br /> <br />Present Zonine:: General Commercial, GC <br /> <br />Reouested Zonine:: Business Industrial, BI <br /> <br />Backe:round: The subject 1.nlct is approximately 2.52 acres of land out of Johnson Hunter <br />Survey, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. The said property is bounded by <br />Fairlane to the north, S.H. 146 to the east, Bay Shore motel to the south, and <br />11th Street (a half paved street) to the west. The sketch plan shows that the <br />applicant seeks to develop a truck stop using primary access onto feeder road <br />of S.H. 146 and secondary access onto Fairlane. The land use surrounding <br />the site shows an empty tract to the north zoned for a PUD, an existing truck <br />stop to the east zoned BI, the motel to the south in a GC zone, and a <br />residential subdivision to the west zoned R-l, low density, single family. <br />The applicant seeks a rezone from General Commercial (GC) to Business <br />Industrial (BI). <br /> <br />Analvsis: In considering this request, Staff reviewed the following Comprehensive <br />Plan elements: Land Use, Thoroughfare System, Pedestrian Connectivity, <br />Utility Infrastructure, and Residential Development. The specific issues <br />considered are as follows: <br /> <br />Land Use -- Review of the City's Land Use Plan shows the subject tract <br />developing as general commercial uses along the western side ofS.H. 146. <br />With adjacent - tracts as single-family residential and PUD, general <br />commercial use is compatible. Section 106-441 Table A, Commercial <br />Uses, allows service stations (SIC 544) but specifICally excludes Truck <br />Stops. While the BI zone across S.H. 146 (a good buffer) is compatible to <br />the development of a truck stop, the adjacent residences to this site possibly <br />make this proposed rezone incompatible. <br /> <br />Conformance of a zoning request with the land use plan is one consideration <br />among several criteria to be considered in approving or denying a rezoning <br />.application. Other criteria may include: <br /> <br />~'HIBrr D <br />