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ORDINANCE NO. 705- K
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION 4.03( 10), "FINAL OR RECORDED
PLAT" OF SECTION 4, "PROCEDURE" , OF ORDINANCE NO. 705 (AN
ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PLATTING
OR REPLATTING OF LAND INTO SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE
AND WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF
LA PORTE)1 AMENDING SUBSECTION 5.08(2), "EASEMENTS", OF SECTION
5, "GENERAL STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISIONS", OF SAID ORDINANCE NO.
7051 PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION
SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00)1 CONTAINING SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES 1 FIND-
ING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW 1 AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
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Section 1. Subsection 4.03( 10), "Final or Recorded Plat"
of Section 4, "Procedure", of Ordinance No. 705, an Ordinance
providing rules and regulations governing the platting or re-
platting of land into subdivisions in the Ci ty of La Porte
and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of
La Porte, is hereby amended to read 'as follows, to-wit:
"SECTION 4.03 FINAL OR RECORDED PLAT.
... (10) a letter from the servicing utility companies
stating that the plat includes the easements required by
them in the furnishing of utilities to this and future
subdivisions.
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(A) It is the present policy of the Houston
Lighting and Power Company to usually
require sixteen foot (16') ground ease-
ments (eight foot [8'] per lot) on back
to back lots, and fifteen feet (IS')
ground easements on all perimeter lots
in any particular subdivision. Further,
Houston Lighting and Power Company
usually requires unobstructed aerial
easements five feet, six inches (5'6")
in width for perimeter lots, seven
feet (7'0") in width for back to back
lots from a plane sixteen feet (16')
above the ground level upward, located
adjacent to all the aforementioned
easements.
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(B) Pursuant to the policy stated in sub-
section (A) above, the final plat required
in this section of any particular sub-
division shall contain the following
language, when applicable:
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Ordinance No. 705- K , Page 2.
"Owners have dedicated and by these
presents do dedicate to the use of the
public for public utility purposes
forever unobstructed aerial easements
five feet six inches (5'6") in width
for perimeter lots, seven feet (7'0")
in width for back to back lots from
a plane sixteen feet (16') above the
ground level upward, located adjacent
to all public utility easements shown
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Section 2. Subsection 5.08(2) "Easements", of Section 5
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"General Standards for Subdivisions" of Ordinance No. 705, an
Ordinance providing rules and regulations governing the platting
or replatting of .land into subdivisions in the City of La Porte
and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of
La Porte, is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit:
"SECTION 5.08. EASEMENTS.
... (2) Utility easements to be worked out with the
public and private utility companies pursuant to the
requirements established herein, including but not limited
to the requirements of subsection 4.03(10) above.
Section 3. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27),
Texas Penal Code; who shall violate any provision of the ordi-
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nance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00).
Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or
any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this
ordinance shall, 'for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and
it is hereby dectared to be the intention of this Ci ty Council
to have passed each section ,sentence, phrase or clause, or
part thereof; irrespective of the fact that any other section,
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sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared
invalid.
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Ordinance No. 705- K
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Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of conflict
only.
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Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen
(14) days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary
shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing
the caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper
in the Ci ty of La Porte at least twice within ten (10) days
after the passage of this ordinance.
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Section 7. The City Council officially finds, deter-
mines, recites and dec1ares that a sufficient written notice
of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the
City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public
a t the Ci ty Ha 11 of the Ci ty for the time required by law
preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law,
Ar ticle 6252-17, Te xas Re vised Ci viI Statutes An nota ted 1 and
that this meeting has been open to the public as required by
law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject
matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally
acted upon. The Ci ty Council further rat if ies, approves and
confirms such written notice and the contents and posting
thereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the a~ day of .-&~_
1983.
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LA PORTE
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Ordinance No. 705- K
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Assistant City Secretary
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APPROVED:
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