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. . ORDINANCE NO. 1626 AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, TO EMBRACE AND INCLUDE TERRITORY WITHIN CERTAIN BOUNDARIES COMPRISING THE BAYSHORE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT; ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, TERRITORY WITHIN SUCH BOUNDARIES; APPROVING A SERVICE PLAN FOR SUCH TERRITORY; MAKING FINDINGS AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING SAVING AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City of La Porte has heretofore adopted a Home Rule Charter granting the City Council the power by ordinance to fix the boundary limits of the City of La Porte and to provide for the extension of said boundary limits, and the annexation of additional territory lying adjacent to the City. This annexation proceeding is conducted pursuant to the authority granted by said Home Rule Charter; by Article 1175, Revised Civil Statutes; and by the Municipal Annexation Act of 1963, compiled as Chapter 43, Texas Local Government Code, including, but not limited to, the authority to annex municipal utility district by a home-rule municipality, contained in Section 43.072, Texas Local Government Code. Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby finds, determines and declares that the hereinafter described territory is composed of two (2) tracts, one of which is adjacent and contiguous to the present city limits of the City of La Porte, and the other of which is not contiguous to the City of La Porte; and that said territory lies within the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of La Porte, and that the annexation of said territory to the City of La Porte will promote the general health, safety and welfare of persons residing within the City and within the hereinafter described territory. Section 3. The City Council of the City of La Porte has heretofore, on August 22, 1988, passed and approved Ordinance No. 1596, directing the City's Department of Community Development to prepare a Service Plan that provides for the extension of municipal. services to the area comprising the Bayshore Municipal Utility District, proposed to be annexed by the City of La Porte. The City Council of the City of La Porte has heretofore, on September 12, 1988, passed and approved Ordinance No. 1602,