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.. e ~GCO ORDINANCE NO. 98-2258 AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING CERTAIN LAND NOW IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, AS AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO BE KNon AS "SOUTH LA PORTE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT" ; RESERVING AND PRESERVING ALL RIGHTS POWERS AND DUTIES OTHERWISE REPOSING BY LAW IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, it is the established policy of the City Council of the City of La Porte to adopt such reasonable measures from time to time as are permitted by law and which will tend to enhance the economic stability and growth of the City and its environs by attracting the location of new and the expansion of old industries therein; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte after due and careful consideration has heretofore determined that it is in the public interest to disannex the land described in Ordinance No. 98-2257, passed and approved July 13, 1998, and to discontinue the corporate limits of the City of La Porte as to such land, and to adopt this Ordinance No. 98-2258, pursuant to section 5, Article I, of the Municipal annexation Act, and to designate that part of the land hereinafter described as an industrial district; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: sec1:ion 1. The territory described on Exhibit "A" which has been disannexed by Ordinance No. 98-2257, passed and approved on July 13, 1998, is hereby designated as an industrial district of the City of La Porte. Sec1:ion 2. The industrial district designated and established hereby shall be known as "South La Porte Industrial District". sec1:ion 3. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of the City Council of the City of La Porte, to treat with such area from time to time as may be in the best interest of the City and in the attraction and maintenance of industry therein.