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<br />e <br /> <br />NOtiH TRACT - B.M.U.D. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />867 <br /> <br />.....~ <br />, - <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING ON FIRST READING THE HEREINAFTER <br />DESCRIBED TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF LA PORTE, AND EXTENDING <br />THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY OF, LA PORTE, TEXAS~ <br />PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE~ ,ANO PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE <br />HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City of La Porte has heretofore adopted <br /> <br />a Home Rule Charter granting the Commission the power by ordi- <br />nance to fix the boundary limits of the City of La Porte and <br /> <br />to provide for the extension of said boundary limits, and the <br /> <br />annexation of additional territory lying adjacent to the City, <br /> <br />pursuant to and in accordance with the present or hereinafter <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />adopted or amended general and special laws of this State <br /> <br />applicable to Home Rule cities. This annexation proceeding is <br /> <br />conducted pursuant to the authority granted by Article 1175, <br /> <br />Revised Civil Statutes, and Article 970a, Revised Civil <br /> <br />Statutes. <br /> <br />Section 2. The City Commission of the City of La Porte <br /> <br />hereby finds, determines and declares that the hereinafter <br /> <br />described territory is adjacent and contiguous to the present <br /> <br />City Limits of the City of La Porte, and lies within the <br />exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of La Porte, <br /> <br />and that the annexation of said territory to the City of <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />La Porte will promote the general health, safety and welfare <br />of persons residing within the City and within the hereinafter <br /> <br />described territory. <br /> <br />Section 3. The City Commission of the City of La Porte <br />heretofore, on September 14, 1970, passed and approved <br /> <br />Ordinance No. 864, declaring its intention to institute <br /> <br />proceedings to annex the hereinafter described territory. A <br />public hearing was called, and was held on September 28, 1970, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />at which public hearing all interested parties were given an <br />opportunity to be heard. Notice of such public hearing was <br />given by publication of Ordinance No. 864 in the La Porte- <br />Bayshore Sun on September 17, 1970, said newspaper being the <br />