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ORDINANCE NO. 2003-2665-A AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2003-2665 REGARDING WAIVER OF CONSTRUCTION FEES IMPOSED BY THE CITY OF LA PORTE ON IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY, BY INCLUDING WAIVER OF ADDITIONAL PERMIT, INSPECTION, AND PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES BY CERTAIN NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS AND/OR CITY OF LA PORTE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY INITIATED PROGRAMS; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: Sectionl. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2003-2665 is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit. Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte authorizes the waiver of water and sewer development fees, residential home construction (building, plumbing, electrical, mechanical) permit fees, permit plan review fees, field re-inspection fees, parkland cash payment in lieu of land fees and parkland development fees, in the case of construction of single-family housing for low income families by non-profit corporations and/or for low-income housing programs initiated by the City of La Porte. Programs by other governmental agencies, which are not initiated by the City of La Porte, shall be subject to review and approval by the City Council on a case by case basis. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.