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ORDINANCE NO. 780- Low'
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 780, THE CITY OF LA PORTE
ZONING ORDINANCE, PASSED AND APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 5, 1968; PRO-
VIDING THAT INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SITES ARE A USE
WHICH SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PRO-
VIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION THEREOF
SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($ 200.00); FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PRO-
VIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; 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. Ordinance No. 780 of the City of La Porte, is
hereby amended to include Section 13-501a, as follows, to-wi t:
"13-501a Prohibited uses: The following uses
shall be prohibited within the City:
(1) Industrial solid waste disposal management
sites."
Section 2. The City Council officially finds, determines,
reci tes and declares 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 at the City Hall
of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting,
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as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas
Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and that this meeting has been
open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this ordinance and the ~ubject matter thereof has been discussed,
considered and formally acted upon.
The City Council further
ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the
contents and posting thereof.
Section 3. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27), Texas
Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of this ordinance,
shall be d~emed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00). Each day any violation of this ordinance shall con-
tinue shall constitute a separate violation.
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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 declared to be the intention of this City Council
to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence,
phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.
Section 5. 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 wi thin ten (10) days after the
passage of this ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED, thfs the /sZk
day of [)~
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1980.
CITY OF LA PORTE
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J. J. Meza, Mayor \
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Cl Y Secretary
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