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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />SWINC Acquisition, Inc. <br />Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU08-004 <br /> <br />July 17,2008 <br /> <br />Requested by: SWINC Acquisition, Inc. c/o Marcus Deal <br /> <br />Requested for: 21.289 acres being out of Lots 367, 368, 369, 369A, <br />and 370, La Porte Outlots <br /> <br />Location: 1241 Underwood Road <br /> <br />Land Use: Commercial and Residential <br /> <br />Present Zonin!!: General Commercial (GC), Large Lot Residential (LL) <br /> <br />Requested Zonin!!: Planned Unit Development (PUD) <br /> <br />Requested Use: CommerciallIndustrial Construction, Maintenance & Fabrication Yard <br /> <br />Back2round: This request is contingent upon approval of a zone change from General <br />Commercial (GC) and Large Lot Residential (LL) to Planned Unit <br />Development (PUD). Section 106-637 of the Code of Ordinances sets <br />procedure for establishing a Planned Unit Development and subsequent <br />review. <br /> <br />The subject tract is 21.289 acres ofland described as being out oflots 367, <br />368, 369, 369A, and 370 of the La Porte Outlots, City of La Porte, Harris <br />County, Texas. The facility has been used for miscellaneous shop fabrication <br />since the mid 1990's. The subject property is within the vicinity of <br />commercial and light industrial facilities along Underwood Road and close <br />proximity to the Battleground Industrial District. <br /> <br />The properties surrounding the site show a 188-acre tract owned by the <br />Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) and a 20-acre tract by Centerpoint Energy to <br />the north, H. B. Zachry's facility is located along with residential acreage to <br />the south, and other residential acreage to the east zoned LL, Large Lot <br />Residential. <br /> <br />Analvsis: <br /> <br />Section 106-659 of the Code of Ordinances establishes the following criteria <br />for review of development projects within a PUD zone. <br /> <br />Land Use -- Review of the City's Land Use Plan shows the subject tract <br />developing as commercial uses along Underwood Road and residential to <br />the east with adjacent tracts as large acreage and single-family dwellings. <br /> <br />EXHIB)l C <br />