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<br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 "ZONING" OF THE CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE BY AMENDING ARTICLE III. <br />"DISTRICTS", DIVISION 4. "INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS", SUBDIVISION I, <br />"GENERALLY", SECTION 106-521, "TABLE A, INDUSTRIAL USES", "MOTOR <br />FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING (421,423)", BY ADDING <br />FOOTNOTE "J", TO ALLOW TRUCKING TERMINALS ONLY IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL <br />(LI) AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (HI) ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE DlRECTL Y <br />ADJACENT TO AUTHORIZED TRUCK ROUTES ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF LA <br />PORTE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY <br />CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING <br />THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE <br />DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED <br />IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE <br />PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE <br />HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, Chapter 106 <br />"Zoning," Article III. "Districts", Division 4. "Industrial District Regulations," Subdivision I, <br />"Generally", Section 106-521, "Table A, Industrial Uses", Subsection "a", "Table A, industrial <br />uses", "Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing (421,423)", is hereby amended to read as <br />follows: <br /> <br />Uses (SIC Code #) <br /> <br />BI <br /> <br />LI <br /> <br />HI <br /> <br />Motor freight transportation and <br />Warehousing (421,423) <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />P(J) <br /> <br />P(J) <br /> <br />Section 2. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, Chapter 106 "Zoning," <br />Article III. "Districts", Division 4. "Industrial District Regulations," Subdivision I, "Generally", <br />Section 106-521, "Table A, Industrial Uses", subsection "c", "Footnotes", is hereby amended by <br />adding Footnote "J", to be included in proper alphabetical sequence, to read as follows: <br /> <br />"J. Trucking Terminals. Trucking terminals shall be allowed only in Light Industrial (LI) and <br />Heavy Industrial (HI) zoning districts and shall be further restricted to locations directly adjacent <br />to authorized truck routes (as same are designated in Section 70-231 of this Code) located in said <br />LI and HI zoning districts. Any truck terminal operating in whole or in part as a container yard or <br />converting to a container yard shall be restricted to Heavy Industrial (HI) zone only. See Section <br />106-746 of this Chapter for additional requirements." <br />