O-2010-3296 Tabled/prohibiting the lease of property to sex offenders

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Sec. 42.108. No Duty Assumed In undertaking the enforcement of this Ordinance, the City of La Porte is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general health, safety and welfare of its citizens. The City of La Porte is not assuming any duty or obligation, nor is it imposing any duty and/or obligation on its officers and/or employees, nor is it liable in money damages or otherwise to any person who claims that the City of La Porte and/or one of its officers and/or employees breached any such obligation and the breach proximately caused injury." Section 3. The City of La Porte hereby encourages each individual, company, real estate agent, broker, vendor or dealer selling a home or other dwelling, or individual or entity renting or leasing an apartment, home, or other dwelling, when the property that is the subject of the sale or lease is located within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, to notify a perspective purchaser or renter of this ordinance by providing a written copy of this ordinance or Information Sheet available from the La Porte Police Department to the purchaser or renter. Section 4. The City of La Porte hereby encourages each operator of each child care facility, as that term is defined in Texas Human Resources Code, Section 42.002, to immediately notify the City of La Porte at such time as the child care facility should lose, surrender, or otherwise no longer retain a license from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to operate within the City of La Porte. Notice shall be provided to the Office of the City Secretary of the city of La Porte at 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas 77571, by written letter transmitted through regular mail. Section 5. Open Meetings. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. Section 6. Severability. Should any section or part of this ordinance be held unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, or the application to any person or circumstance for any reasons