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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2007-~4 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO <br />INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ANNEX TERRITORY LOCATED WITHIN THE BAYPORT <br />INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND THE BATTLEGROUND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, <br />FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby <br /> <br />declares its intention to institute annexation proceedings, to <br /> <br />annex the following described territory to the city of La Porte by <br /> <br />the passage of an ordinance of annexation extending the general <br /> <br />corporate limits of the City of La Porte for all purposes to <br />include within such territory property located in the Bayport <br /> <br />Industrial District and the Battleground Industrial District, now <br /> <br />situated within the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the <br /> <br />City of La Porte, and which is more particularly described in <br /> <br />Exhibits "A" and "B", attached hereto and incorporated by reference <br /> <br />herein. <br /> <br />As used herein, the term extraterritorial jurisdiction <br /> <br />shall have the same meaning ascribed to it as is ascribed to it in <br /> <br />the Municipal Annexation Act of 1963, compiled as Chapter 43, Texas <br /> <br />Local Government Code. <br /> <br />Section 2. On August 13, 2007, the City Council of the City <br />of La Porte directed the City's Planning Department to prepare a <br />Service Plan that provides for the extension of municipal services <br /> <br />to the area comprising the Battleground Industrial District and the <br />Bayport Industrial District. The proposed Service Plan shall be <br /> <br />made available for public inspection and explained to the <br />inhabitants of the area to be annexed at the public hearings. <br />