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Requested by: <br />Sejal Dimple Patel (Property Owner), Bobby Grisham (Agent) <br />Requested for:. <br />A Commercial Reserve 1,.Block 1,1.3214 acres- (57,560 sq.ft.) situated in the Johnson <br />Hunter League, Abstract No. 35; La Porte, 'Harris. County, Texas. <br />Location: <br />.908 S.'. a Street (Proposed hotel/motel site) <br />ZoninE: , <br />General Commercial (GC) <br />Background: <br />The City of La Porte received a development plan for -proposed hotel and suites to be . <br />located at the northwest corner of S. a and West "G' .Street The 'developer /owner is <br />proposing 61 rooms in a 4 story hotel building. Total height of the proposed building . . <br />with roof top/ridge exceeds the maximum'of 45 ft. permitted per Code of Ordinances. <br />The plat of thesubject: property has already been approved. Access to the proposed <br />facility will be off West "G" Street, barring access to SH. 146 due to narrowness of the ' . - <br />' <br />commercial reserve along the Highway... <br />Per Section.106-443, Table "B, commercial'area±`requirements; :the maximum--fi!i' for <br />permitted or conditional uses in' General" Cb nrnercial (GCj is 45 feet_:.,'This. variance--- <br />requests seeks to allow a relief of the maximum lieight limit. <br />AA.'alV., <br />Section 106-192(b)(2);: in the Code of Ordinances,, defines a�;variance: a�deviation " <br />from the literal provisions of the chapter; .which : is`grarited by Board when. strict <br />' <br />,the <br />c.6 ormi toA c ter would -cause, unneeess hirdslii Because: o &ee"tional' <br />i h' P m7'. p p <br />narrowness, shallowness, shape, topography. or extraordinary or exceptional. physical.' <br />situation unique to the property on which. the variance is granted <br />The subject tract is 1.32 acre (57,560 sg1L) .with floor area ratio or lot coverage approx. <br />30%. As per plan, the vertical distance of 'a building measured. from average elevation of <br />the finished grade of the structure' to the highest point of the roof. exceeds 45 ft. <br />.. <br />Except as otherwise .prohibited, the board is empowered .to authorize a variance from..a <br />requirement when the board finds that all of the following .conditions have been met:. <br />❖ That the granting of the variance will not be contrary, to the best public interest. <br />�:•. -That literal enforcement of the chapter will result in unnecessary hardship because of . <br />exceptional narrowness, .shallowness, shape, topography or other extraordinary or <br />exceptional --physical-•. situation- unique. to the --specific piece of property in question, <br />"Unnecessary hardship" shall mean physical hardship relating to the property itself as. . <br />distinguished from a hardship. relating to convenience,. financial considerations. or. <br />caprice, and the hardship must not result 'from the applicant or property owner's own <br />actions; and.:.. <br />m:• That by granting the variance, the spirit of the chapter will be observed... <br />