02-16-06 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Staff Report Retreat at Bay Forest North & South Final Plat March 16, 2006 ReQuested Action: Consideration of Final Plats for proposed subdivisions Retreat at Bay Forest North and South ReQuested Bv: Don Meeks, President, Retreat at Bay Forest, L.P. ReQuested For: North - A 3.7599 acres (163,781 sq.ft.) ofland described as Lots 1-32, Block 1261, 16' wide alley in the block, 80 feet wide portion of West "T" Street right-of-way closed and abandoned per City Ordinance #1530, Johnson Hunter Survey, Abstract 35, and TR 5N, W.P. Harris Survey, Abstract No.30, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. South - A 3.5804 acres (155,963 sq.ft.) of land described as TR A5, W.P.Harris Survey, Abstract No. 30, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. Present Zonine:: Low-Density Residential (R-l) ReQuested Use: Residential Subdivision - (Single Family Dwellings) Back2:round: Retreat at Bay Forest North and South sections are proposed residential subdivisions to be located along South Broadway (Old Highway 146) adjacent to the Bay Forest Golf Course. North Section will be located approximately 700' north of Wharton Weems Boulevard and South Section will be located at the southwest corner of Wharton Weems Boulevard and South Broadway. Under the terms of Development Ordinance 1444, these are classified as minor subdivisions. As proposed, the north subdivision has 1 block and 18 single-family residential lots. In addition the south subdivision is designed to have 1 block, 1 0 single-family residential lots, and 1 restricted reserve (1.1 049 acres) to the south of this development for detention basin to accommodate both north and south sections. Corresponding densities conform to 4.8 dwelling units per acre permitted in Low-Density Residential (R-l) zoning districts per Section 106-333, Table B, residential area requirements of the City's Code of Ordinances. The lot sizes, however, are larger than minimum 6,000 sq.ft. required per ordinance. The Planning and Zoning Commission, at the January 19, 2006 meeting, approved Preliminary Plats of the proposed Retreat at Bay Forest North and South Subdivisions.