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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1995-842-B . . ORDINANCE NO. 842-B AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 842 AND 842-A, ORDINANCES DESIGNATING CERTAIN LARD WITHIN THE EXCLUSIVE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF, LA PORTE, TEXAS, AS AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO BE DOn AS "BAYPORT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF LA PORTE, TEXAS" ; RESERVING AND PRESERVING ALL RIGHTS, POWERS AND DUTIES OTHERWISE REPOSING BY LAW IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN KBETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, it is the established policy of the City Council of the City of La Porte to adopt such reasonable measures from time to time as are permitted by law and which will tend to enhance the economic stability and growth of the City and its environs by attracting the location of new and the expansion of old industries therein; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte after due and careful consideration has heretofore determined that it is in the pUblic interest to adopt this Ordinance No. 842-B pursuant to section 5, Article I, of the Municipal Annexation Act, and to designate the land hereinafter described as an industrial district; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: section 1. The territory described on Exhibit IIAII attached hereto, incorporated by reference herein, and made a part hereof for all purposes, is hereby designated an industrial district of the City of La Porte. section 2. The industrial district designated and established hereby shall be known as IIBayport Industrial District No. 1 of La Porte, Texas.1I section 3. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of the City Council of the City of La Porte to treat with such area from time to time as may be in the best interest of the City and in the attraction and maintenance of industry therein. section 4. The City Council of the City of La Porte may enlarge or diminish such industrial district from time to time as permitted by law and the contract(s) with the owners of the land therein, and the City of La Porte hereby reserves and preserves all rights and powers of the City of La Porte with respect to such industrial district, except as herein expressly otherwise stated and as provided in the contract(s) entered into with the owner(s) of land therein pursuant to the terms hereof. . ORDINANCE NO. 842-B . Page 2 SectioD 5. Should any portion of the area herein designated as an industrial district be not actually situated within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of La Porte, Texas, and not therefore capable of being so designated, such fact shall not affect the validity of this designation as to the remaining portions of said area. SectioD 6. 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 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. sectioD 7. Ordinance 842, passed and approved January 5, 1970, is repealed only to the extent of any conflict herewith. Ordinance 842-A, passed and approved November 11, 1991, is repealed only to the extend of any conflict herewith. SectioD 8. This Ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage and approval, and it is so ordered. PASSED AND APPROVED, this ~ day of m~ ' 1995. OF LA PORTE Mayor orney . . EXHIBIT A ORDINANCE 842-B BAYPORT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICf NO.1 BEGINNING at a point in the Richard Pearsall 1/3 League, A-625, said point being in the south right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway (250 feet wide), said point being also in the west right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad; THENCE, westerly along the south right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway to its intersection with the west line of a 200 foot wide Harris County Flood Control District right-of-way for Willow Spring Gully which is designated as Ditch No. B112-00-00; THENCE, southwesterly coincident with the meanders of the west line of the 200 foot wide right-of-way of Willow Spring Gully, Harris County Flood Control District Ditch B 112-00-00, to its intersection with the south line of the W.M. Jones Survey, A-482 and also being the north line of the George B. McKinstry Survey, A-47; THENCE, east with the north line of the George B. McKinstry Survey, A-47 and the south line of the W.M. Jones Survey, A-482 and the corporate limit line of the City of Pasadena to the east line of the 200 foot wide right-of-way of Willow Spring Gully, Harris County Flood Control District Ditch No. B112-00-00; THENCE, southwesterly with the east line of the 200 foot wide right-of-way of Willow Spring Gully, Harris County Flood Control District Ditch B 112-00-00 to a point 469 feet south of the north line of the George B. McKinstry Survey, A-47; THENCE, east being 469 feet south of and parallel to the north line of George B. McKinstry Survey, A-47, to a point 200 feet west of the west line of that certain tract of land conveyed to Dart Industries and EI Paso Products Co. by Friendswood Development Company by deed dated March 14, 1974 and recorded under Film Code Number 103-11- 0868, Deed Records, Harris County, Texas; THENCE, north 200 feet west of and parallel to the west line of the property conveyed to , Dart Industries and EI Paso Products Co. a distance of 469 feet to its intersection with the north line of the George B. McKinstry Survey, A-47; THENCE, easterly along the north line of the George B. McKinstry Survey, A-47 and the south line of the W.M. Jones Survey, A-482 to its intersection with the center line of Big Island Slough; THENCE, southerly along the meanders of the center line of Big Island Slough to its intersection with a line parallel to and 3,410 feet more or less measured at right angles southerly from the north line of the George B. McKinstry Survey, A-47, for a point for comer, said point being on the north line of that territory annexed to the City of Houston by Ordinance No. 65-1555 B-R; . . THENCE, easterly along the north line of said territory described by Houston Ordinance No. 65-1555 B-R and its easterly extension, parallel to and 3410 feet more or less south of the north line of the George B. McKinstry Survey, A-47, and the south line of the W. M. Jones Survey, A-482 and the Richard Pearsall 1/3 League, A-625 to its intersection with the west right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad; THENCE, north along the west right-of-way of Southern Pacific Railroad to the POINT OF BEGINNING, it being the intention of the Oty Council of the Oty of La Porte to include in Bayport Industrial District No.1, every portion of the City extraterritorial jurisdiction areas south of Fairmont Parkway and west of the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way, except those areas hereinafter SAVED and EXCEPTED. Provided, however, there shall be SAVED and EXCEPTED from the territory deemed Bayport Industrial District No.1, the following described property, to-wit: (1) A 100' wide strip south of and parallel to the south right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway; (2) A 180' wide strip west of and parallel to the west right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Said 100' wide strip extending from the south right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway southerly to the south line of the Richard Pearsall 1/3 League, A-625. (3) A 170' wide strip north of and parallel to the south line of the W.M. Jones Survey, A-482, and the Richard Pearsall 1/3 League, A-625, from the west right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad for a distance of approximately 6,328 feet to a point in the west line of a 120 foot Houston Light and Power Company right-of-way, as recorded in Vol. 7146, Page 375, Harris County Deed Records. Thence, a 100 foot wide strip north of and parallel to the south line of W.M. Jones Survey, A-482, and bounded on the east by the west line of the said Houston Light and Power 120 foot right-of-way and bounded on the west by the west line of the 200 foot wide Harris County Flood Control District right-of-way for Willow Spring Gully (B-112-00-00); (4) Any property which has previously been annexed and is now part of and within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte; (5) Any property included in the description of the Bayport Industrial District which is owned by Houston Lighting and Power Company.