01-24-2002 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Zoning Board of Adjustment

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• ~ StaffReport DNV Petroleum Services November 16, 2000 Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU 00-002 R ~ uest: Special Conditional Use Permit Request #SCU 00-002 Requested Bv: ~ Ntr. Alfred Barry, DNV Petroleum Services, Inc. Requested For: Approximately 0.61 acre (26,640 sq. ft.) described as lots 1 thru 8 and the adjoining west one half of the alley of Block 681, Town of La Porte, as recorded in Volume .83, Page 345 of the Harris County Deed Records, J. Hunter Survey A 33, City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas. The property is located in the 300 Block of North 16~ Street (Exhibit A). Present Zoning: Light Industrial (LI) Requested Use: Applicant is seeking a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) to operate a fuel quality testing business located at 320 N.16m Street. Section 106-441 of the Code of Ordinance classifies this type of development as a Conditional Use. ~ ~ .. Background: Previously, ~ a Special Conditional Use Permit was approved for Alliance Recovcry Services on July 12, 1999 for this same property, Alliance did nat follow through with their permit. This request is for use of an existing building with some site modifications. The use will be fiiel quality testing on site. The applicairt has provided staff with the company brochures, which describe the fuel testing activities. The following information is based on the documents provided by DNV.. ~. • The world leader fn bunker fuel testi»g • Uwn laboratories -Oslo, Rotterdam, United States and Singapore • Unequalled experience from more than 200, 000 sample analyzed • Confidence of more than 7000 ships in the program • Detailed analysis results of samples are available within 24 working hours • Decentralizes; well trained technical expertise in all laboratories • Centralized computer links to all laboratories provide instant data • Round--the-clock technical support spanning all time zones • Largest database on fuel quality in the world • Published statistics available to members of FQT. D1W Petroleum Services pioneered Fuel Quality Testing (FQT} in 1980 at a time when the market was seriously concerned with rising fuel .costs and .~ ~ ..