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ORDINANCE NO. 705-I AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 705 (AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PLATTING OR RE-PLATTING OF LAND IN THE SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE); AND PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) AND EACH DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 5.09, Park, Playground and School Sites, of City of La Porte Ordinance No. 705, is hereby amended by adding thereto a Paragraph 1(c), and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "1. Parks and Playgrounds: ~, (c) Land dedicated by a subdivider to the City of La Porte, under the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, may, at the discretion of the City Commission, be leased by the City of La Porte, to a duly qualified home owner's association, which meets the minimum standards promulgated from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, for qualifi- cation for F.H.A. and/or V.A. loans, and which has been incorporated as a Texas non-profit corporation, for operation as a park area for the recreation of residents and their guests of the residential subdivision of which it is a part. The lease agreement shall be on a form approved by the City Attorney, and specifically approved in each instance by the City Commission, and should provide, among other things, that the home owner's association corporation shall be prohibited from placing or suffering any Deed of Trust, mortgage, or other type of lien, on the property or upon the permanent improvements thereon erected, and that any person, firm or corporation making loans to the home owner's • association for such improvements, shall look solely to the revenues of the association for the retirement of its debt; prescribing minimum stand- . ards for the facilities to be erected, and the maintenance thereof, and for the staffing of the facilities; providing minimum ratios of off-street parking, based upon the amount of acreage in the park site; providing that the term of the lease shall be f-.or a term not to exceed forty (40) years, with a rental of Une Dollar ($1.00) per year. to the City of La Porte, or such other con- sideration as the City Commission of the City of La Porte may deem proper; providing that the home owner's association corporation shall be solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of • the facilities; providing that at the end or other