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

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City. ®f La': P6r'tCi` Established 1892 L' ?'EXAS September 8, 2004 Betty Waters, Chairperson. & Planning and Zoning Commission Members 604 W. Fairmont Pkwy. LaPorte, TX. 77571 : Dear Ms., Waters, _ On behalf' the Main Street District Committee, we present the proposed draft document = outlining - an.: ordinance for :the :.creation . of a Main Street District: classification .and regulations.. We also -recommend the. creation -of a district that generally. extends from SHs_. •_�_.._::::-.._ . " �146- to. Kansas and to include one block" north to First Street and one block south to ' ' - " Avenue.; wi;th.the:inclusioi-6f: Vixgin a and Broadway two blocks south to'Avenue B. _ Withi he district sran,o�erla riion that..would extend.from SH `146 to Kansas.and , include one'half block north to'.the. alley between First St. and Main St. to one half block south to-thealley-lietween Avenue:9 and Main St... For background, the committee was made up of ten representatives -from the community representing business -.and property owners, residents, -Heritage .Society, the Main Street' Association, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and Chamber of Commerce. The'.. " . committee was formed after the City Council.requested a moratorium be created over the general area described above. to protect the area from development. that. would . be inconsistent with what seemed to be a focal point of La Torte, -a symbol of La Porte's past, and an -area that holds a potential for La' Porte's -economic potential .in tourism.:.The committee recognized the potential and strength -of the -Main Street area and agreed it needed to be preserved. The committee reviewed the.. current zoning district regulations ' (Commercial) and noticed it did not fit with the .era. in which the Main Street area was.' originally created, To preserve the district 'and to aid in its- vitality, .the. committee . realized that the Main Street area needed regulations that had more flexibility than any of the zoning classifications allowed:. The end result was a mixed -use zone. The interior of this district, however; .did hold some unique characteristics that needed some additional. considerations, so .an overlay district was, added to the area under consideration. 604 W. Fairmont Pkwy. • La.Porfe, Tezas 77571 • . (281),471-5020, .. `'