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Board denies special‑exception for Spectrum Recycling at Brighton Street
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals denied a petition to establish a salvage and recycling center at 209 Brighton Street, finding the 2.17‑acre site fails multiple special‑use standards (minimum lot area, setbacks, screening) and raising health, drainage and land‑use concerns voiced by staff and neighbors.
On Dec. 9 the La Porte Board of Zoning Appeals voted to deny a special‑exception petition to allow a salvage and recycling center at 209 Brighton Street (Special Exception Use 25‑305).
Owner David Shaw testified that he has operated a recycling yard in La Porte for 26 years and said the business provided local economic benefit. “For 76 years, that yard has been serving the community,” Shaw said, recounting his company’s history and the payment arrangement with the city when the yard…
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