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<br />Planning Charge <br />Section 213 suggests that a comprehensive plan may: <br />include but is not limited to provisions on land use, <br /> <br /> <br />transportation, and public facilities; <br />Section 106-3 of the La Porte Code of <br />consist of a single plan or a coordinated set of plans <br /> <br />organized by subject and geographic area; and <br />Comprehensive Plan and its use by City <br />be used to coordinate and guide the establishment of <br /> <br />government.It is the policy of the city that <br />development regulations. <br />the enforcement, amendment, and <br />administration of this chapter be <br />Chapter 211 of the Local Government Code authorizes <br />accomplished with due consideration of <br />municipalities in Texas to adopt zoning regulations in <br />the recommendations contained in the <br />accordance with a comprehensive plan. In this way, zoned <br />comprehensive plan as developed and <br />cities like La Porte are called to have a comprehensive plan. <br />amended from time to time by the <br />According to the state statues, the zoning regulations must be <br />planning and zoning commission and the <br />designed to: <br />city council of the city. The commission <br />lessen congestion in the streets; <br /> <br />recognizes the comprehensive plan as the <br />secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; <br /> <br />policy established by the city planning and <br />promote health and the general welfare; <br /> <br />zoning commission and the city council, <br />provide adequate light and air; <br /> <br />respectively, to regulate land use and <br />prevent the overcrowding of land; <br /> <br />developments in accordance with the <br />avoid undue concentration of population; or <br /> <br />policies <br />facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water <br /> <br /> <br />Source: La Porte Code of Ordinances. <br />sewers, schools, parks and other public requirements. <br />be based upon a future land use plan. <br /> <br />As seen in the inset, the City has codified the relationship between the <br />guiding principles of the comprehensive plan and the implementing <br />regulations. <br />Getting to Action <br /> ‘™–‘•‡–Š‹•Žƒ <br /> <br />This master plan, as embraced by both the community and its leadership, <br />This master plan must go <br />is envisioned to take the City to a new level in terms of its preparedness, <br />beyond general and lofty goals. <br />livability, and the achievement of prioritized outcomes. However, it is <br />While everyone may agree, <br />important to understand that this master plan in and of itself is incapable <br />progress will only occur if the <br />of accomplishing the vision, strategies, and objectives articulated within. <br />plan establishes a policy <br />Rather, the plan is merely a guidance document for City officials and staff <br />framework and provides <br />who must make decisions on a daily basis that will determine the future <br />guidance as to the <br />direction, financial health, resiliency, and ultimately, the look and feel of <br />implementation steps necessary <br />the community. <br />to achieve success. <br /> <br /> <br />These decisions are carried out through: <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative <br />1.13 <br /> <br />2.ŗř Adopted July 20, 2009 <br />Plan Context <br /> <br />