10-20-2005 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Preserve at Taylor Bayou • • Amended GP & SCUP November 17, 2005 Page 4 of 5 Density -Staff utilized the Land Use Plan as a guide with the designated land use as Low Density Residential. There are 14 small single-family detached lots proposed for 4.879 acres with a development ratio of 4.8 units per acre. Single-family Patio Homes will consist of 44 lots on 9.8 acres equal to 4.481ots per acre. Eight townhomes on 0.80 acre come out to be 10 units per acre. 180-unit multi-family residential development yields 12.86 acres with a density allowed by ordinance 14 units per acre (Section 106-333). 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 prepared to serve this development. Sanitary sewer service is not readily available to this site, and must be coordinated with the development to the north and the City of La Porte. The City prepared along-term sanitary sewer master plan for providing sewer service to areas of southeast La Porte. The master plan calls for the elimination of Lift Station #12 and for a new lift station to be constructed near the corner of intersection of A104(Taylor Bayou) and McCabe Road. Utility plans must be coordinated with the City Staff and approved by the City prior to submittal of the Final Plat. The project engineer expressed her intention of taking the sanitary sewer flow north through the Lakes at Fairmont Greens, a proposed subdivision off SH 146. Based upon the preliminary studies, the Preserve at Taylor Bayou, if hooked up to the new trunk main going north for sanitary sewer would represent 31.2% of the total anticipated capacity. Coordination and contribution shall be required for the system upgrade to handle both developments; each developer being expected to share the prorated cost of construction. In addition, the City has added this project to the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for year 2005-2006. The plan and profile shall be submitted to the City for approval prior platting of the subdivision. • Drainage -This property lies within the Taylor Bayou Watershed. The City has a master drainage plan for the Taylor Bayou Watershed, which calls for regional detention for this area. Efforts should be made to work with the developer north of McCabe Road to promote upstream detention for this development. The channel improvements to Taylor Bayou are not designed to directly receive storm water runoff from 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 the Harris County