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ORDINANCE NO. _ <br />AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP <br />COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OFLA PORTE, TEXAS <br />UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE <br />CITY OFLA PORTE, TEXAS; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS <br />LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />WHEREAS, Section 211.004 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that zoning <br />regulations must be adopted in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan; <br />WHEREAS, Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that a municipality <br />may amend a Comprehensive Plan by ordinance, after public hearing and review by the municipality's <br />planning commission or department; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code also provides that a <br />municipality may establish, inits charter or by ordinance, procedures for adopting and amending a <br />Comprehensive Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 106, "Zoning" Article I, Section 106-3, and Article II, Section 106-65 <br />of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, delegates to the Planning and Zoning Commission <br />the duty to review and make recommendations relevant to modifications of the Comprehensive Plan <br />and Zoning Ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, the City ofLa Porte has a Comprehensive Plan, which Plan was adopted by the <br />City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas in1986, and which Plan has been the subject of multiple <br />amendments since its adoption; <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to mandate of Chapter 106, "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances of the <br />City ofLa Porte, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City ofLa Porte has reviewed all <br />elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and as duly approved by the City Council of the City ofLa <br />Porte, to consider possible amendments thereto; and <br /> <br />