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Reauested For: Reauested By: Zoning: Puroose of Reauest: Background: . . --=-- Lots 24-29; Block 59; Town of La Porte, which is further described as being located in the 100 block of North 1st Street. Stephanie and Lawrence Maynard, property owners. General Commercial (GC) Applicants are seeking a Special Conditional Use (SCU) Permit for the purpose of allowing construction of an off site parking lot. This type of development is classified as a Conditional Use by Section 6-400 of Zoning Ordinance 1501. The applicants currently operate a business (Super Plumber) at 114 North 1st Street. The building at this location is several years old. The onsite parking does not meet current ordinance requirements. It has also been proven to be inadequate for the applicants' needs. The Maynards have recently purchased property located immediately across 1st Street from their present location. Their ultimate goal is to build a new, larger building on the newly acquired property. This tract is large enough to accommodate the proposed building and adequate onsite parking. The applicants' business activity, plumbing contractor (SIC 1711), is a permitted GC use. H a permit for simultaneous construction of the parking lot and building were to be submitted, it could be reviewed and processed for approval at the staff level. The applicants are not yet prepared to construct their new building. They feel, however, that the parking situation at their present facility must be resolved and that they can not wait for construction of the new building. They are, therefore, proposing to build the parking lot first. As noted in the caption section of this report, based on the GC zoning of the property,