O-2015-3596 update to future land use map component of Comprehensive Plan

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2015-3596 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; 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 a 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" Article I, Section 106-3, and Article II, Section 106-65 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of LaPorte, 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 Plan was adopted by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas in 1986; and amended on the 22nd day of January, 2001; amended on the 18th day of August, 2006; and amended on the 12th day of November, 2012; and amended on the 28th day of October, 2013; and amended on the 8th day of December, 2014. WHEREAS, pursuant to mandate of Chapter 106, "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of LaPorte, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of LaPorte has reviewed all elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and as duly approved by the City Council of the City of La Porte,to consider possible amendments thereto; and