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ORDINANCE NO. CAUI t� <br />AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN <br />COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, <br />TEXAS UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION <br />OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN <br />MEETINGS 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 <br />municipality may amend a Comprehensive Plan by ordinance, after public hearing and review by <br />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 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 <br />Commission the duty to review and make recommendations relevant to modifications of the <br />Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has a Comprehensive Plan, which Plan was adopted by the <br />City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas in 1986; and amended on the 22°a day of January, 2001; <br />amended on the 18th day of August, 2006; and amended on the 12th day of November, 2012; and <br />amended on the 28th day of October, 2013; <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to mandate of Chapter 106, "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances of <br />the City of LaPorte, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of LaPorte has reviewed all <br />elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and as duly approved by the City Council of the City of La <br />Porte, to consider possible amendments thereto; and <br />