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ORDINANCE NO. 3856
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF
THE CITY OF LA PORTE, UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; FINDING COMPLIANCE
WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, Section 211.004 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that
Zoning regulations must be adopted in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan;
WHEREAS, Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that the
governing body of the municipality may amend a Comprehensive Plan by ordinance, after public
hearing and review by the municipality's planning commission or department; and,
WHEREAS, Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code also provides that a
municipality may establish, in its charter or by ordinance, procedures for adopting and amending
a Comprehensive Plan; and,
WHEREAS, Chapter 106, "Zoning", Section 106-3, and Section 106-65 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of La Porte, delegates to the Planning and Zoning Commission the duty to
review and make recommendations relevant to modifications of the Comprehensive Plan and
Zoning Ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has a Comprehensive Plan which was adopted by the
City Council of the City of La Porte in 1986, and amended on the 22nd day of January, 2001; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to mandate of Chapter 106, "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of La Porte, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte has reviewed
all elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and furthermore commissioned a review of the said plan
by a Consultant, duly approved by the City Council of the City of La Porte, to consider possible
amendments thereto; and,
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WHEREAS, at the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission meeting which occurred
on September 20, 2012, the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission heard a Final Draft
Comprehensive Plan Update for the purpose of considering all the components of, and proposed
amendments to, the Comprehensive Plan; and considered the report on update of the
Comprehensive Plan;
WHEREAS, after due consideration of the comments made by the various departments
together with the recommendations of the City of La Porte Planning Department staff presented at
the said September 20, 2012, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the Planning and
Zoning Commission has recommended to the City Council of the City of La Porte an update to
the Comprehensive Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1 That an update to the Comprehensive Plan of the City of La Porte with
this Ordinance, and which is incorporated by reference herein, be and is hereby authorized,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of La Porte, after duly noticed public
hearings held at its October 22, 2012 and November 12, 2012 meetings, pursuant to the
recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte,.
Section 2 The City Secretary of the City of La Porte or her designated
representative will be required to make this document available to public the Comprehensive Plan
and duly mark and note update reference on the Comprehensive Plan of the City of LaPorte.
Section 3 The City Council officially finds, determines, recites 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, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas
Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all
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times during which this ordinance and the subject 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 4 If any section or part of any section or paragraph of this ordinance is
declared invalid, or unconstitutional for any reason, it shall not invalidate or impair the validity,
force or effect of any other section or sections or part of a section or paragraph of this ordinance.
This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage and approval.
Passed and approved this AQ cf-3- day of04 , 2012.
ATTEST:
By:ajmz --
Patrice Fogarty, City Seergary
APPROVED:
By:
Clar Askins, Assistant City Attorney
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