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 4 of 7 = therefore under. normal circumstances,' invoke the 1000-foot . rule between the two developments. • Utilities —There are sufficient water distribution facilities along McCabe Road to supply potable water and fire protection to this proposed project.. Provisions*. will.. have .to' be made to. ensure that -sufficient utility extensions. are made to serve this development. Sanitary sewer service is not readily available to, this: site. 'There is a" sewer forcemain . located. along the south line of this property -that, transports sewer to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority plant..: . The City prepared a .long-term sanitary sewer master plan for providing sewer service to areas of southeast La Porte (copy attached). The master plan calls .for the elimination of a lift station #12 and new. lift station to . be constructed near the corner of intersection of A104 and McCabe . Road. Utility. plans. must be. coordinated with City Staff. This development will not be allowed to connect to City of La Porte Lift Station # 40.'; _The project�engineer expressed his interision_on taking the sanitary sewer flow north through the Lakes:atFairmont Greens, a proposed subdivision off SH 146 ,But, there 'is• no timeline ' set ;'for this development to" commence:.Jn;the.eyent:the.Preserve . at. Taylor.:Bayou.proceeds, there is a s ,:plan � to!:.construct : a: lift, -station . at i.h touthwest:comer =of Taylor . Bayou _ . and McCabe: -Road;. ;running .-a force :main -- along . McCabe .Road to an existing. 12" sanitary.sewer.' However,. -capacity. of the 12" sanitary sewer ' .line will.need to be,verified to. accept 0:4 MGD peak daily flow.form this project eventually to LS40. The above- study indicated that LS40 has the capacity: to accept the expected flows from ,an ultimate development condition of the: area. . . • Drainage —'This property lies within the Taylor Bayou Watershed. The City has a master drainage plan for the.Taylor Bayou Watershed -that was :performed by.. the Civil . Tech Last year.. The plan' ' calls for - regional detention for this area. Efforts' should- be - made to work with' the developer north of McCabe Road towards the implementation of this. . master drainage plan:. : The channel improvements to Taylor Bayou -are. not. designedIo.directly receive. storm -water runoff Ifiom this . project. 'The General : Plan, therefore, shows that storm water will be detained'using a basin. system. ` in .each phase to regulate run-off. Outfalls have to be determined and coordinated. with the Army Corps. of.. Engineers - and ..County- . Flood Control. Permits must be presented. to the City: • -Nature Preserve —The applicant is willing,. and. the Army Corps of Engineer permit states that the. dedication of approximately 77.5 acre