2007-10-22 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting

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ORDINANCE NO. 2007-~4 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ANNEX TERRITORY LOCATED WITHIN THE BAYPORT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND THE BATTLEGROUND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby declares its intention to institute annexation proceedings, to annex the following described territory to the city of La Porte by the passage of an ordinance of annexation extending the general corporate limits of the City of La Porte for all purposes to include within such territory property located in the Bayport Industrial District and the Battleground Industrial District, now situated within the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of La Porte, and which is more particularly described in Exhibits "A" and "B", attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein. As used herein, the term extraterritorial jurisdiction shall have the same meaning ascribed to it as is ascribed to it in the Municipal Annexation Act of 1963, compiled as Chapter 43, Texas Local Government Code. Section 2. On August 13, 2007, the City Council of the City of La Porte directed the City's Planning Department to prepare a Service Plan that provides for the extension of municipal services to the area comprising the Battleground Industrial District and the Bayport Industrial District. The proposed Service Plan shall be made available for public inspection and explained to the inhabitants of the area to be annexed at the public hearings.