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",~ . . . . ,...-r '. . -, . ., . ORDINANCE NO. 71 J3 --I AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE POLICY OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE ON APPLICATIONS BY PROPERTY OWNERS TO VACATE, ABANDON, AND CLOSE STREETS OR,ALLEYS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PRESCRIBING AN APPLICATION FEE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) TO COVER THE EXPENSE OF PROCESSING SUCH APPLICATION; CONTAINING A REPEALING AND A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte recently has had frequent applications from property ow,ners within the City, to vacate, abandon, and close streets or alleys within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has never defined by ordinance, its policy on the handling of such applications, including its requirements for the contents of such applications; and WHEREAS, the handling and processing of such applications requires the City of La Porte to incur administrative, engineering, and legal expense, which expense should be borne by the applicant: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. From and after the effective date of this Ordinance, any adjacent property owner seeking the consent of the City Commission of the City of La Porte to vacate, abandon, and close any street or alley within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, shall file written application with the City Clerk of the City of' La Porte, requesting that said street or alley, or portion thereof, be vacated, abandoned, and closed. The street or alley, or portion thereof, sought to be closed, shall be defined in the application. All persons owning any property adjacent to the street 'or alley, or portion thereof, sought to be closed, shall join in such application~ In addition, such application shall include the following: (1) A statement by the applicant(s) of the reason for the request;