08-19-2004 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing, and Workshop Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Preserve at Taylor Bayou • September. 16, 2004 Page 3 of 7 . -. The sampling was 11 hours (0700-1800 hours) on January 22, 2004, and ' accounts for McCabe Road ' from 'the East ' and West, and- Northbound.SH 146 mainlane. This sample is relatively light since it, appears to have been. conducted only once. Most surveys take multiple' days (at least two). . . The study mentions the. future TxDOT Highway 146 -improvements, but concludes no impact on the study or development. The study gives . a cursory. mention of other developments but generalizes a. 5% annual growth and takes that factor into the estimates for the survey. That . rate is average for the .HGAC region although local estimates can be . much higher. The growth; according to the . 'study, will not ' have a . significant impact. on the development or the traffic. flow in relation to :. level -of -service ratings because of the limited access between McCabe Road and SH 146 now and inthe future. . With. Level -Of -Service (LOS) ..A- being the. best, . LOS D being acceptable and LOS F being severely congested service; the -study cites that the development; given the parameters:.stated above, will rate* no. worse than:: LOS : B_ . and concludes ..no -:_adverse_ impact. _for -:this;: .... -.. ;development.. .:..... -. _ ;;;;;;;�, -._ ,s�.� ,; ,. • Topography:: -This area.is relativelyRlnjst and. 4able and should not,be :an :obstacle'to"this type of development. The:site:for this'developmentdoes, - however, split Flood -Zone X to. the west and a flood Zone to the East:.:.. • Density.- Staffutilized. the Land Use Plan_ -as.-.a .guide with 'the designated land'use- as Low:Density Residential. In previous conversations,.. the applicant stated 'that .:due.' to changes: in .legislation, he received. ' notification .from. the Army Corps of Engineers that more acreage of this project could be developed: 'Applying a. development ratio of 4.8 units -per acre. (Section 106-333), Mr. Burchfield and Mr. Dutko. feel the. . property could' yield approximately. 616 single-family units. This . information has not been verified. - 'The The applicant feels.. strongly about . the. 'Preserve - portion. of - the development, therefore; this current plan designates only 28.43 acres to be developed: as a ' 180=unit multi -family. residential development and a_ :. 150-unit towrihome '' development. Applying a density allowed "by .. ordinance of 14 and 10 uruts per acre {respectively); this yields 12.86 acres for apartments and 15. acres for townhome units. Using the.strict guidelines of Chapter 106, . there is sufficient acreage. to support the General Plan.. The townhome pordon of the. Plan, however, would be .' designed with. a configuradon.of no more than three attached dwelling units constructed in -a series or group of attached units- with property lines 4separating"; such. units... Any other.'design will classify. the townhome., portion, as.. a� •multi -family ."residential; - development and,