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<br />. .., <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />r , <br /> <br />Ordinance No. 780- <br /> <br />, Page 2. <br /> <br />. (4) The open and obvious use of land in the City of <br />La Porte for shipping container storage yards has <br />caused a relative decline in the market value of <br />lands in proximity to said yards resulting' in a loss <br />of tax revenue for the City of La Porte; and <br /> <br />(5) The present visibility and accessibility of shipping <br />container storage yards in I the Ci ty of La Porte is <br />.a hazard to the safety of children who are naturally <br />attracted by such conditionsi <br /> <br />NO\\' , _ THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. There is hereby added to Ordinance No. 780, the <br /> <br />Zoning Ordinance of the City of La Porte, a new section, being <br />numbered 10-700, and being entitled Greenbelt Area Required ,for <br /> <br />Shipping Container Storage Yards, which shall read as follows, <br /> <br />, to-wi t: <br /> <br />"Section 1. Definitions. <br /> <br />(a) Greenbelt Area - An area which shall be land- <br /> <br />scaped and continuously maintained in the manner provided <br />in this Ordinance. . Such Greenbelt Area shall be <br /> <br />. <br />feet in width, adjacent to the right-of-way of.all improved <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />and open streets abutting any shipping container storage <br /> <br />'yard. <br /> <br />(b) Greenbelt' Landscaping plan - A landscaping and <br />planting schematic plan, as more fully described on Exhibit <br /> <br />"A" attached hereto, incorporated by reference herein, and <br /> <br />made a part hereof for all purposes. <br />(c) Shipping Containers - Standardized sealable ship- <br />ping containers, design'ed 'for intermodal transportation, <br /> <br />either ''lith or without a permanent affixed chassis, used <br />in interstate and international commerce for the shipment <br /> <br />of goods and merchandise. <br />