1986-06-09 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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e e ORDINANCE NO. 1501 AN ORDINANCE CONTAINING FINDINGS OF FACT AND DIRECTIVES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION: AND ADOPTING A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE, SAID NEW ZONING ORDINANCE TO REGULATE: THE LOCATION AND USES OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, LAND, LOTS, AND USES AS DEFINED: THE HEIGHT AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND USES BOTH PRIMARY AND ACCESSORY: THE DENSITY AND INTENSITY OF POPULATION AND USES, BOTH PRIMARY AND ACCESSORY: THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF YARDS, SETBACKS, CONSERVATION AREAS, AND OPEN SPACES: THE LOCATION AND DENSITY OF PARKING, LOADING, EXTERIOR STORAGE, FENCING, AND LANDSCAPING: PROVIDING FOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS: PROVIDING A SPECIAL CONDITIONAL USE PROCEDURE: RE- ESTABLISHING A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE: FOR SAID PURPOSES DIVIDING THE MUNICIPALITY INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER AND AREA AS MAY BE DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT THESE REGULATIONS: PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION VIOLATING ANY OF THE TERMS OR PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE LIABLE TO FINE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00): WITH EACH DAY OF VIOLATION CONSTITUTING A SEPARATE OFFENSE: PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE: PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE: AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: The City Council of the City of La Porte makes the following findings of fact: (a) The Zoning Ordinance attached to this orainance as Exhibit IIDII comprises only the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of La Porte: (b) The City Council of the City of La Porte acknowledges that the official Land Use Plan and Zoning Map referred to in Section 2-100 et. seq. of Exhibit IIDII is as yet to be adopted by the Planning Commission and is as yet to be reported and recommended to the City Council of the City of La Porte by the Planning Commission: (c) It is anticipated by the City Council of the City of La Porte that the Land Use Plan and Zoning Map will be adopted by separate ordinance of the City Council, with due notice given and hearings held as required by law, by an ordinance to be effective on the first day of January, 1987, said ordinance to incorporate the provisions of this ordinance by reference, with both ordinances becoming fully effective and competent simultaneously on the first day of January, 1987. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby directs the Planning Commission of the City of La Porte to expeditiously undertake a review of the Land Use Plan and Zoning Map referred to in Section 2-100 et seq of the Zoning Ordinance, and to report their findings and make a recommendation of the Land Use Plan and Zoning Map to be adopted by the City Council on or before September 1, 1986.