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�( � - <br />ORDINANCE NO. 3856 <br />AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF <br />THE CITY OF LA PORTE, UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND <br />ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; FINDING COMPLIANCE <br />WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; <br />AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />WHEREAS, Section 211.004 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that <br />Zoning regulations must be adopted in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan; <br />WHEREAS, Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that the <br />governing body of the municipality may amend a Comprehensive Plan by ordinance, after public <br />hearing and review by the municipality's planning commission or department; and, <br />WHEREAS, Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code also provides that a <br />municipality may establish, in its charter or by ordinance, procedures for adopting and amending <br />a Comprehensive Plan; and, <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 106, "Zoning", Section 106-3, and Section 106-65 of the Code of <br />Ordinances of the City of La Porte, delegates to the Planning and Zoning Commission the duty to <br />review and make recommendations relevant to modifications of the Comprehensive Plan and <br />Zoning Ordinance; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has a Comprehensive Plan which was adopted by the <br />City Council of the City of La Porte in 1986, and amended on the 22nd day of January, 2001; and, <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to mandate of Chapter 106, "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances of <br />the City of La Porte, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte has reviewed <br />all elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and furthermore commissioned a review of the said plan <br />by a Consultant, duly approved by the City Council of the City of La Porte, to consider possible <br />amendments thereto; and, <br />