02-10-20 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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I. City covenants, agrees and guarantees that during the term of this Agreement, provided below, and subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, said District shall continue to retain its extraterritorial status as an industrial district, at least to the extent that the same covers the Land belonging to Company and its assigns, unless and until the status of said Land, or a portion or portions thereof, as an industrial district may be changed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing and to the later provisions of this Agreement, City does further covenant, agree and guarantee that such industrial district, to the extent that it covers said Land lying within said District and not now within the corporate limits of City, shall be immune from annexation by City during the term hereof (except as hereinafter provided) and shall have no right to have extended to it any services by City, and that all Land, including that which has been heretofore annexed, shall not have extended to it by ordinance any rules and regulations (a) governing plats and subdivisions of land, (b) prescribing any building, electrical, plumbing or inspection code or codes, or (c) attempting to exercise in any manner whatever control over the conduct of business thereon; provided, however, 1) any portion of Land constituting a strip of land 100' wide and contiguous to either Fairmont Parkway, State Highway 225, or State Highway 146, shall be subject to the rules and regulations attached hereto as Exhibit "C" and made a part hereof, 2) intermodal shipping containers (including but not limited to freight and tank containers) placed on Land belonging to Company shall be permitted to be stacked wide portion of Land contiguous to either Fairmont Parkway, State Highway 225, or State Highway 146; strip, intermodal shipping containers shall be eligible to be stacked one additional container in height within and for each behind and following height, regardless of distance from Fairmont Parkway, State Highway 225, or State Highway 146; and 3) it is agreed that City shall have the right to institute or intervene in any administrative and/or judicial proceeding authorized by the Texas Water Code, the Texas Clean Air Act, the Texas Health & Safety Code, or other federal or state environmental laws, rules or regulations, to the same extent and to the same intent and effect as if all Land covered by this Agreement were not subject to the Agreement. II. In the event that any portion of the Land has heretofore been annexed by City, Company agrees to render and pay full City ad valorem taxes on such annexed Land and improvements, and tangible personal property. Under the terms of the Texas Property Tax Code (S.B. 621, Acts of the 65th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 1979, as amended), the appraised value for tax purposes of the annexed portion of Land, improvements, and tangible personal property shall be determined by the Harris County Appraisal District. The parties hereto recognize 2