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DATE: October 17, 2016
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Chris Boone, Director of Planning and Community Development
SUBJECT: Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow the expansion of a
Polyethylene Plant in LI (Light Industrial District) zoning.
FILE: 2274-P
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STAFF REPORT
Staff recommends approval of the request.
Wallace R. Wilson is requesting a Specific Use Permit to allow the expansion of the
Polyethylene Plant into the LI (Light Industrial District) zoned property located to the
west of the Beaumont Municipal Airport. ExxonMobil Polyethylene is currently in
operation just west of this site. The existing plant is outside the Beaumont city limits,
however, the expansion will be within the city limits. Given that this expansion is
buffered to the south by the existing G.E. plant, and to the east by the municipal airport,
the proposed expansion would be compatible with area land uses. A temporary lay
down yard is proposed for the Beaumont Municipal property to the east of the expansion
project.
Please note that final occupancy approval is subject to review and acceptance of
submitted plans and field inspections to verify compliance with applicable codes.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 9
Responses in Favor Responses in Opposition
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
Being Tracts 4, 69, 96, 97, 99 & 100, A Savery League, Abstract 46, Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Texas, containing 162.386 acres, more or less.
ANALYSIS
CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
(SECTION 28-26.E, ZONING ORDINANCE)
Application Application
is in is not in Comments
compliance compliance Attached
Conditions:
1. That the specific use will be compatible with and not
injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property,
or significantly diminish or impair property values
within the immediate vicinity; X
2. That the establishment of the specific use will not
impede the normal and orderly development and
improvement of surrounding vacant property; X
3. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and
other necessary supporting facilities have been or will
be provided; X
4. The design, location and arrangement of all
driveways and parking spaces provides for the safe and
convenient movement of vehicular and pedestrian
traffic without adversely affecting the general public or
X
adjacent developments;
5. That adequate nuisance prevention measures have
been or will be taken to prevent or control offensive
odor, fumes, dust, noise and vibration; X
6. That directional lighting will be provided so as not
to disturb or adversely affect neighboring properties; X
7. That there are sufficient landscaping and screening to
insure harmony and compatibility with adjacent
X
property; and,
8. That the proposed use is in accordance with the
Comprehensive Plan. X
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Wallace R. Wilson
PROPERTY OWNER: ExxonMobil Chemical Company
LOCATION: West of City of Beaumont Municipal
Airport
EXISTING ZONING: LI (Light Industrial District)
PROPERTY SIZE: ~162.386 acres
EXISTING LAND USES: vacant
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: AE – Special flood hazard areas inundated
by 100-year flood, base flood elevations
determined.
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Airport/Residential Outside City Limits
EAST: Airport RS (Residential Single-Family Dwelling)
SOUTH: Industrial LI (Light Industrial District)
WEST: Industrial Outside City Limits
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Heavy Industrial
STREETS: College Street westbound: Major Arterial
with 310’ right-of-way and 16’ pavement
width.
DRAINAGE: Open ditch
WATER: 16” Water line
SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: 4”FM Sanitary Sewer line
PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED WITHIN 200'
EXXONMOBIL CORP
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
ROBBINS GARY
DEAN DOROTHY JACKSON
CITY OF BEAUMONT
GE BETZ INC