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Evaluate the appropriateness of design standards that include landscaping, <br />screening, increased lot sizes and setbacks, and other methods to minimize <br />negative effects among different land uses. <br />Determine appropriate residential densities for various areas within the City on <br />the basis of accessibility, utility availability, topography, proximity to shopping <br />areas, and other relevant factors. <br />Update the Zoning Ordinance and Official Zoning Map to reflect identification of. <br />various areas of particular densities. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: <br />SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte finds and determines that the <br />premises hereof are true and correct. <br />SECTION 2. The City Council further finds and determines that it is in the best <br />interests of the public health, safety and general welfare of the. citizens of the City to place <br />a moratorium on the acceptance for filing and consideration, and the issuance of building <br />permits and all other development and zoning permits, for all properties in the Mid and <br />High Density Residential Districts in the City for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days <br />from the date'' hereof, and such moratorium is hereby imposed. For purposes .of this <br />moratorium, the term "Mid Density and/or High Density Residential Districts", or words of <br />similar import, shall include, but not be limited to development occurring within Zoning <br />Districts R-2, R-3, NC, GC, LI, HI, and/or PUD. <br />SECTION 3. That there is hereby established a moratorium on the issuance of <br />permits for construction of. any Mid Density or High Density Residential units within the <br />City of La Porte, Texas for a period of up to one -hundred eighty (180) days from the date <br />of passage of this Resolution. <br />