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<br />city cov.enants, agrees and guarantees that during the term of this
<br />Aqr~ement, prQvided below, and subject to the terms and provisions
<br />of this Agreement, said District shall .continue to retain its
<br />extraterritorial status. as an industrial district, at least to the
<br />extent that the same ,covers the Land belonging to Company and its
<br />assigns, unless and until the status of. said Land, or. a portion or
<br />,portions thereof, as an industrial district may be changed pursuant
<br />to the terms of this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing ,and to
<br />the later 'provisions of this Agreement, City does further covenant,
<br />agree and guarantee that such industrial district, to the extent
<br />that it covers said Land lying within said District and not now
<br />within the corporate limits of City, shall be immune from
<br />annexation by'City during the term hereof (except as hereinafter
<br />provided) and shall have no right to have extended to it any
<br />services by City, and that all Land, .including that which has been
<br />heretofore annexed, shall not hav~ extended to .it by ordinance any
<br />rules and regulations (a) governing plats and subdivisions of land,
<br />.(b) prescribing any building, electrical, plumbing or inspection
<br />cod~.or. c9des, or (c) attempting.tq exercise'in any manner whatever
<br />control over the conduct of' business thereon; provided, however,
<br />any portion of Land constituting a strip of land 100' wide and
<br />contiguous to either Fairmont Parkway, state Highway 225, or state
<br />Highway 146, shall'be subject to' the rules and regulations attached
<br />hereto as Exhibit "c" and. made a part hereof; and provided,
<br />however, it is agreed tha~ City shall have the right to' institute
<br />or intervene in any administrative and/or judicial proceeding
<br />authorized by ,the Texas Water Code, the Texas Clean Air Act, the
<br />Texas Health & Safety Code, or other federal or state environmental
<br />laws, rules or regulations, to the same extent and to the same
<br />intent and ~ffect as if all Land covered by this Agreement were not
<br />. subject to the Agreement. . .
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<br />In t~e event that any portion of the Land has heretofore been
<br />annexed by City, Company agrees to render "and pay full City ad
<br />va10rem taxes on such annexed Land and improvements, and tangible
<br />. personal property. .
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<br />Under the term$ of the Texas Property Tax-Code (S.B. 621, Acts of
<br />the .65th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 1979, as amended), the
<br />.appraised value for tax purposes of the annexed. portion of Land,
<br />improyements, and tangible personal' property shall be determined by
<br />.the.Harris County Appraisal District. The parties hereto recognize
<br />that said Appraisal District has no authority to appraise the Land,
<br />improvements, and tangible personal property in the unannexed area"
<br />for the purpose of computing the "in lieu" payments, hereunder.
<br />Therefore, the parties agree, that the appraisal of the Land,
<br />improvements" and tangible personal property in the un annexed area
<br />shall be conducted by city, at City's expense, .by an independent
<br />appraiser of City's selection. The parties recognize that in
<br />making such appraisal for "in lieu" payment purposes, such
<br />appraiser must of necessi ty appraise the ,entire (annexed and
<br />unannexed) 'Land, improvements, _and tangible personal property.
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