02-15-07 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop of the LP Planning and Zoning Commission

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Staff Report Preliminary Plat March 15, 2007 Lakes at Fairmont Greens, Section 9 ReQuest: ReQuested By: ReQuested For: Present Zonine:: ReQuested Use: Back2:round: Approval of a Preliminary Plat for 100+ units single-family development. 65 La Porte Ltd. (Arete Real Estate and Development Co.) 20.119 acres of land located in the W. P. Harris Survey, A-30, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. This property is further described as being located between State Highway146 and the Bay Forest Golf Course. Planned Unit Development (PUD) Single-Family Residential Development This property is located at the northeast comer of McCabe Road at State Highway I 46. It is bounded on the east by the Bay Forest Golf Course. On the north, it is adjacent to the Lakes at Fairmont Greens, Section 1, a proposed single-family residential development on approximately 35 acres surrounding by the Bay Forest Golf Course. Development in a PUD zoning district requires that a General Plan (for the entire proposed project) and a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) be submitted and processed simultaneously. After approval of the General Plan and SCUP by City Council, the applicant would be authorized to submit a Preliminary Plat. This Plat would be reviewed and acted upon by the Commission. Approval of the preliminary and final plats would allow the applicant to submit construction drawings for review and then to begin construction of the project. The developer submitted a General Plan and Special Conditional Use Permit SCU#03-002 for 150 acres located at SH 146 just south of the Baypoint Townhomes. The General Plan proposed single-family residential, multi- family residential, and neighborhood commercial uses within the Planned Unit Development zoning district (PUD). Based upon the initial General Plan, SCU#03-002, including the multi- family portion (apartments) of the development was approved in 2003 as a joint venture. Integrated into the plan was a land swap between Mr. Fogarty and Mr. Hettig, with Mr. Fogarty controlling a 20+/- acre tract at the Northeast comer of McCabe Road and S.H. 146 where Mr. Hettig's apartments were being considered. Mr. Hertig, in turn controlled a tract in the Northern portion of the development integral to Mr. Fogarty's concept for the single family development. As a joint venture, it was envisioned that a land swap between the two developers would benefit the entire plan. ;: ltfliirg C'll' t~":,,.' .