Ord 2025-4089 update to comprehensive plan

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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-4089 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; BY CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY 0.29 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH 1ST STREET BETWEEN WEST MADISON STREET TO THE SOUTH, AND WEST BARBOURS CUT BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH; AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 9-12, BLOCK 108 LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF; WHEREAS, Section 211.004 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that zoning regulations must be adopted in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that a municipality may amend a Comprehensive Plan by ordinance, after a public hearing and review by the municipality's planning commission or department; and WHEREAS, Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code also provides that a municipality may establish, in its charter or by ordinance, procedures for adopting and amending a Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, Chapter 106, "Zoning" Article I, Section 106-3, and Article II, Section 106-65 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, delegates to the Planning and Zoning Commission the duty to review and make recommendations relevant to modifications of the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has a Comprehensive Plan, which Plan was adopted by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas in 1986, and which Plan has been the subject of multiple amendments since its adoption; WHEREAS, pursuant to the mandate of Chapter 106, "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte has reviewed all elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and as duly approved by the City Council of the City of La Porte, to consider possible amendments thereto; and WHEREAS, at the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission meeting which occurred on June 19, 2025, the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the Future Land Use Map component of the Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of considering proposed amendments thereto, to change the designation for approximately 0.29 acres of land