04-15-2004 Regular Meeing and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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. . StatTReport Reauested by: Reauested for: Locations: Present Zonine:: Reouested Use: Sacke:round: Analvsis: Fairlane & S.H. 146 Truck Stop Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU04-005 May 20, 2004 Niranjan S. Patel & Ajay Jain c/o Bobby Grisham. TR 1, Block 4, Nebraska Syndicate, Johnson Hunter Survey, Abstract No. 35 La Porte, Harris County, Texas 700 Block of State Highway 146 General Commercia~ GC Truck Stop Taking this action is subsequent to the approval of a zone change request from General Commercial (Ge) to Business Industrial (BI) submitted by the applicants. The requested use for this SCUP is excluded in a Ge zone by Section 106-441. Table A. Commercial Uses. The subject tract is approximately 2.52 acres of land out of Johnson Hunter Survey, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. The said property is bounded by Fairlane to the north, S.H. 146 to the east, Bay Shore motel to the south, and 11th Street (a half paved street) to the west. The sketch plan shows that the applicant seeks to develop a truck stop using primary access onto feeder road of S.H. 146 and secondary access onto Fairlane. The land use surrounding the site shows an empty tract to the north zoned for a PUD, an existing truck stop to the east zoned BL the motel to the south in a GC zone, and a residential subdivision to the west zoned R-l, low density, single family. In considering this request, Staff reviewed the following Comprehensive Plan elements: Land Use, Thoroughfare System, Pedestrian Connectivity, Utility Infrastructure, and Residential Development. The specific issues considered are as follows: Land Use -- Review of the City's Land Use Plan shows the subject tract developing as general commercial uses along the western side of S.H. 146. With adjacent tracts as single-family residential and PUD, general commercial use is compatible. Section 106-441 Table A, Commercial Uses, allows service stations (SIC 544) but specificoJIy excludes Truck Stops. While the BI zone across S.H. 146 is compatible to the development of a truck stop, the adjacent residences cause several specific conditions to be examined for this site: . The activity from a typical tuck stop will have an adverse impact on the adjacent residential neighborhood(e.g. noise and.light). ~XHI8fI' D