O-2009-1501-P6 DENIED/#R08-004 for rezoning land in 500 block,North 7th Street from R-2 to GC

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4-00q- 7:D-e_r1 i-e_A ORDINANCE NO. 1501 P AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, CHAPTER 106, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG NORTH 7' STREET, BEING A 0.57 ACRE TRACT MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 25 THRU 32, BLOCK 101, TOWN OF LA PORTE, JOHNSON HUNTER SURVEY, ABSTRACT 35, LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; 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: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby finds, determines and declares that heretofore, to -wit, on the 18'" day of December 2008, at 5:00 p.m. a Public Hearing was held before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte, Texas, pursuant to due notice as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, to consider the question and the possible reclassification of the zoning classification of the hereinafter described parcels of land. There is attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit "A", and incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof for all purposes, a copy of Notice of Public Hearing which the City Council of the City of La Porte hereby finds was properly mailed to all owners of all properties located within two hundred feet (200') of the properties under consideration. Section 2. The publisher's affidavit of publication of notice of said hearing is attached hereto as Exhibit "B", incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof for all purposes. Section 3. Immediately following such public hearing on December 18, 2008, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte met in regular session to consider changes in classification, which were the subject of such public hearing. The City Council of the City of La Porte is in receipt of the written recommendations of the City of La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission, by letter dated December 22, 2008, a true copy of which letter is attached hereto as Exhibit "C", incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof for all purposes.