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. . ORDINANCE NO. 705-1 . AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 705 (AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PLATTING OR RE-PLATTING OF LAND IN THE SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE); AND PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) AND EACH DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 5.09, Park, Playground and School Sites, of City of La- Porte Ordinance No. 705, is hereby amended by adding thereto a Paragraph l(c), and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: . "1. Parks and Playgrounds: (c) :Land dedicated by a subdivider to the City of :La Porte, under the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, may, at the discretion of the City Commission, be leased by the City of La Porte, -to a duly qualified home owner's association, which meets the minimum standards promulgated from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, for qualifi- cation for F.H.A. and/or V.A. loans, and which has been incorporated as a Texas non-profit corporation, for operation as a park area for the recreation of residents and their guests l~f the residential subdivision of which it is a. part. i 'rhe lease agreement shall be on a form approved by the City Attorney, and specifically approved in each instance by the City Commission, and :should provide, among other things, that the home owner's association corporation shall be prohibited from placing or suffering any Deed ,~f Trust, mortgage, or other type of lien, on 'the property or upon the permanent improvements .thereon erected, and that any person, firm or ,:::orporation making loans to the home owner's .:issociation for such improvements, shall look solely to the revenues of the association for the retirement of its debt; prescribing minimum stand- i:irds for the facilities to be erected, and the Inaintenance thereof, and for the staffing of the :facilities; providing minimum ratios of off-street parking, based upon the amount of acreage in the park site; providing that the term of the lease :shal1 be for a term not to exceed forty (40) years, with a rental of One Dollar ($1.00) per year to the City of La Porte, or such other con- :sideration as the City Commission of the City of La Porte may deem proper; providing that the home l~wner' s association corporation shall be solely :~esponsib1e for the operation and maintenance of ,the facilities; providing that at the end or other ..