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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE
TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ANNEX CERTAIN TERRITORY; CALLING
A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHALL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF
NOTICE OF SUCH HEARING BY THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. The City Commission of the City of La Porte
hereby declares its intention to institute annexation proceed-
ings, to annex the following described territory to the City
of La Porte by the passage of an ordinance of annexation
extending the general corporate limits of the City of La Porte
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for all purposes to include within such territory all of the
following described territory now situated within the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of La Porte. As used
herein, the term extraterritorial jurisdiction shall have the
same meaning ascribed to it as is ascribed to it in the
Municipal Annexation Act of 1963, compiled as Article 970a,
Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes:
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BEING a tract of land out of the Richard Pearsall
Survey A-625 and the Enoch Brinson Survey A-5, Harris
County, Texas, and being more particularly described
by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of the La Porte
Municipal Airport said point being a corner in the
present city limit of the City of La Porte, said
point also bei~g situated in the South line of the
present city limits of the City of Lomax;
THENCE, South 890 36' East with the South line of the
abovementioned city limit line of the City of Lomax
to the Southeast corner of the City of Lomax;
THENCE, North with..the East city limit line of the
City of Lomax to its intersection with the North
right-of-way line of the T.&N.O. Railroad, said point
being in the South line of a present 100' strip
annexation of the City of La Porte;
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THENCE, Southeasterly with the North right-of-way
line of the T.&N.O. Railroad and the South line of
the abovementioned City of La Porte 100' strip to
its intersection with the West right-of-way line of
North Second Street said point also being a corner
for the present city limits of the City of La Porte;
THENCE, South with the West right-of-way line of
North Second Street and a West line of the city limits
of the City of La Porte to its intersection with the
South right-of-way line of the T.&N.O. Railroad said
point also being a corner for the present city limits
of the City of La Porte;
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THENCE, Northwesterly with the South right-of-way line
of the T.&N.O. Railroad and a North line of the city
limits of the City of La Porte to a point for the
beginning of a curve to the left;
THENCE, Southwesterly with the Southeast right-of-way
line of the T.&N.O. Railroad and a Northwest city
limit line of the City of La Porte said right-of-way
line being a curve to the left to its Point of Tangency
with the East right-of-way line of the T.&N.O. Railroad,
and a West city limit line of the City of La Porte;
THENCE, South with the East right-of-way line of the
T.&N.O. Railroad to its intersection with the South
right-of-way line of Crestlane Street, said point also
being a corner in the present city limit line of the
City of La Porte;
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THENCE, West with the South right-of-way line of
Crestlane Street and a North line of the city limits of
the City of La Porte over and across the T.&N.O. Railroad
to the West right-of-way line of the T.&N.O. Railroad,
said corner being a corner for the present city limits
of the City of La Porte;
THENCE, South with the West right-of-way line of the
T.&N.O. Railroad and a West city limit line of the
City of La Porte to its intersection with the North
right-of-way line of Spencer Highway said point also
being a corner for the present city limit line of the
City of La Porte;
THENCE, North 890 33' West with the North right-of-way
line of Spencer Highway and a North city limit line
of the City of La Porte to the Southeast corner of the
La Porte Municipal Airport;
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THENCE, North with the East line of the La Porte
Municipal Airport and an East line of the city limits
of the City of La Porte to the POINT OF BEGINNING
enclosing a tract or parcel of land containing 664
acres, more or less.
Section 2. The City Commission of the City of La Porte
hereby calls a public hearing at which all interested persons
shall have an opportunity to be heard upon such proposal to
annex the territory described above, which hearing shall be
held in the City Commission Chambers, City Hall, City of
La Porte, La Porte, Texas, at seven o'elock P.M. on the
15th day of November, A.D. 1971.
Section 3. The annexation proceeding of which notice
of intention to annex is given by this Ordinance shall be
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instituted not less than ten (10) days nor more than twenty
(20) days subsequent to such public hearing.
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Section 4. The City:Clerk of the City of La Porte is
hereby directed to cause notice of such public hearing to
be given by publication of this Ordinance in the La Porte-
Bayshore Sun, a newspaper ~aving general circulation in the
City of La Porte and in the territory proposed to be annexed,
such publication to be made at least once, not more than
twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the
date of such public hearing. Additional notice by certified
mail should be given to railroad companies then serving
the city and on the'city's tax roll where the right-of-way
thereof is included in the territory to be annexed.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately
upon its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1st day of November, 1971.
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H. Carlos Sm~th, Mayor
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