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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 “ZONING” OF THE CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS BY REVISING REGULATIONS <br />RELATED TO TREE PRESERVATION, TREE REPLACEMENT, AND <br />CONTRIBUTIONS TO TREE FUND; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING <br />THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A <br />MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO <br />EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF <br />CONTAINING A <br />THE CAPTION HEREOF; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE <br />; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN <br />MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: <br />Section 1 <br />: That Chapter 106, “Zoning”, Article V. “Supplementary District Regulations”, Division <br />4 “Fencing and Landscaping Requirements”, Section 106-801 “Tree Preservation”, of the Code of <br />Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended in its entirety and shall hereinafter read as <br />follows: <br />ͻ{Ļĭ͵ЊЉЏБЉЊ͵ƩĻĻtƩĻƭĻƩǝğƷźƚƓ͵ <br />(a)Itistheintentofthissectiontoencouragethepreservationofexistingtreeswithinthecity <br />andtoprohibittheirunwarranteddestruction.Thecityencouragessiteplanningwhich <br />furthersthepreservationoftreesandnaturalareasbythefollowingmethods:Toprotect <br />treesduringconstruction;tofacilitatesitedesignandconstructionwhichcontributesto <br />thelongtermviabilityofexistingtrees;andtocontrolprematureremovaloftrees;require <br />onsitereplacementoftreesthatmustberemovedandrequireoffsitereplacementof <br />treesthatcannotbereplacedonsite,eitherbydirectplantingasoutlinedinsection106 <br />802(Treereplacement)orthroughacontributiontothetreefundestablishedinsection <br />106803(Treefund)ofthischapter.Itisthefurtherintentofthissectiontoachievethe <br />followingobjectives: <br />(1)Protecthealthytreesandpreservethenatural,environmental,andaestheticqualities <br />ofthecitytothedegreepossible. <br />(2)Protectandincreasethevalueofresidentialandcommercialpropertieswithinthecity. <br />(3)Discourageprematureclearcuttingofproperty. <br />(4)Maintainandenhanceapositiveimagefortheattractionofnewdevelopmentstothe <br />city. <br />(b)Itshallbeunlawfulforanypersontocauseorpermitthedestructionofanyhealthy,native <br />tree(hereinreferredtoasaͻƦƩƚƷĻĭƷĻķƷƩĻĻͼΜwithinthecityifsuchtreehasatrunkwhich <br />exceedssixinchesindiameter(or18.84inchcircumference)atapoint18inchesabovethe <br /> <br />