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. e ORDINANCE NO. 705- K e AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION 4.03( 10), "FINAL OR RECORDED PLAT" OF SECTION 4, "PROCEDURE" , OF ORDINANCE NO. 705 (AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PLATTING OR REPLATTING OF LAND INTO SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE)1 AMENDING SUBSECTION 5.08(2), "EASEMENTS", OF SECTION 5, "GENERAL STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISIONS", OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 7051 PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDI- NANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00)1 CONTAINING SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES 1 FIND- ING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW 1 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: . Section 1. Subsection 4.03( 10), "Final or Recorded Plat" of Section 4, "Procedure", of Ordinance No. 705, an Ordinance providing rules and regulations governing the platting or re- platting of land into subdivisions in the Ci ty of La Porte and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended to read 'as follows, to-wit: "SECTION 4.03 FINAL OR RECORDED PLAT. ... (10) a letter from the servicing utility companies stating that the plat includes the easements required by them in the furnishing of utilities to this and future subdivisions. e. (A) It is the present policy of the Houston Lighting and Power Company to usually require sixteen foot (16') ground ease- ments (eight foot [8'] per lot) on back to back lots, and fifteen feet (IS') ground easements on all perimeter lots in any particular subdivision. Further, Houston Lighting and Power Company usually requires unobstructed aerial easements five feet, six inches (5'6") in width for perimeter lots, seven feet (7'0") in width for back to back lots from a plane sixteen feet (16') above the ground level upward, located adjacent to all the aforementioned easements. - :c (B) Pursuant to the policy stated in sub- section (A) above, the final plat required in this section of any particular sub- division shall contain the following language, when applicable: