O-2016-3640 Chapter 86 "Development Regulations" Appendix - A "Fees"

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-3640 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 86 "DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS" APPENDIX — A "FEES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, BY DESIGNATING FILING FEES FOR PLANS, PLATS AND WAIVERS; AMENDING CHAPTER 62 "STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES" REGARDING RIGHT-OF-WAY CLOSURES, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 62 APPENDIX -A FEES BY REVISING RIGHT-OF-WAY CLOSING APPLICATION FEE; AND, AMEDING CHAPTER 106 "ZONING" APPENDIX -A "FEES", BY REVISING FEES FOR ZONE CHANGES, SCUPS, VARIANCES, SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, AND APPEALS OF ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DECISION; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: Section 1: That Chapter 62, "Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places," Article II "Vacating, Abandoning and Closing Streets and Alleys", Section 62-35 "Final determination by city council; appraisal; conveyance; exemptions", of the Code of Ordinances, LaPorte, Texas, is hereby amended and shall hereinafter read as follows: "Sec. 62-35. - Final determination by city council; appraisal; conveyance; exemptions. (a) Upon compliance with all provisions of this article, the city council shall make a final determination as to whether or not an application filed under this article shall be granted or denied. The city council may waive bid procedures and publication requirements in the sale or the disposal of real property interests belonging to the city in the following circumstances: (1) Narrow strips of land, or land so shaped or so small as to be incapable of being used independently as zoned or under applicable subdivision or other development control ordinances, in which event such land may be sold to the abutting property owners in proportion to their abutting ownership, such division between owners to be made in an equitable manner; (2) Streets or alleys, whether owned in fee or used by easement, in which event such land or interest may be sold to the abutting owners in proportion to their abutting ownership, such division between owners to be made in an equitable manner; (3) All types of easements where the abutting property owners also own the underlying fee simple title, in which event such land or interest may be sold to the abutting property owners in proportion to their abutting ownership, such division between owners to be made in an equitable manner;