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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1971-906 e e ORDINANCE NO. 906 . AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING ON FINAL READING THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF LA PORTE, AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City of La Porte has heretofore adopted a Home Rule Charter granting the Commission the power by ordi- \ nance 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, pursuant to and in accordance with the present or hereinafter . adopted or amended general and special laws of this State applicable to Home Rule cities. This annexation proceeding is conducted pursuant to the authority granted by Article 1175, Revised Civil Statutes, and Article 970a, Revised Civil Statutes. Section 2. The City Commission of the City of La Porte hereby finds, determines and declares that the hereinafter described territory is adjacent and contiguous to the present City Limits of the City of La Porte, and 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 Commission of the City of La Porte has heretofore, on November 1, 1971, passed and approved Ordinance No. 900, declaring its intention to institute proceed- ings to annex the hereinafter described territory. A public hearing was called, and was held on November 15, 1971, at which public hearing all interested parties were given an . opportunity to be heard. Notice of such public hearing was given by publication of Ordinance No. 900 in the La Porte- Bayshore Sun on November 4, 1971, said newspaper having general e e Ordinance No. 906 , Page 2. -.' circulation in the City of La Porte and in the territory pro- posed to be annexed. Such notice and such hearing were all in conformity with the Municipal Annexation Act of 1963, Article 970a, Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes. Section 4. The City Commission of the City of La Porte hereby institutes annexation proceedings as to the fOllowing described territory, and the same is hereby declared annexed to the City of La Porte, Texas, and the boundary limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, extended to include the following described territory within the City Limits of the City of La Porte, and the same shall .' hereafter be included within the territorial limits of the City of La Porte, and the inhabitants thereof shall hereafter be entitled to al1..rights and privileges of other citizens of the City of La Porte, and they shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City of La Porte. The territory to be so annexed is the same territory as described in said Ordinance No. 900, and the territory to be so annexed is more particularly described as follows, to-wit: .' BEING a tract of land out of the Johnson Hunter Survey A-35 and the W. P. Harris Survey A-30 and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINN~NG at the intersection of the North right-of- way line of West "0" Street said line also being the South line of the existing city limits of the City of La Porte with the East right-of-way line of new State Highway No. 146;' . THENCE in a Southerly direction with the East right- of-way line of new State Highway No. 146 to its intersection with the North city limits of the City of Shoreacres for a point; THENCE West with the North city limit line of the City of Shoreacres over and across new State Highway No. 146 to its intersection with the West right-of-way line of new State Highway No. 146 for a point; THENCE in a Northerly direction with the West right- of-way line of new State Highway No. 146 to its inter- section with the North right-of-way line of West "0" Street said point also being in the South city limit of the City of La Porte for a point; .. THENCE East with the South city limit of the City of La Porte and the North right-of-way line of West "0" Street over and across new State Highway No. 146 to the POINT OF BEGINNING. . e Ordinance No. 9~ , Page 3. . Section 5. Should any section or part of this ordinance be held unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, or the applica- tion thereof ineffective or inapplicable as to any territory, such unconstitutionality, illegality, invalidity or ineffec- tiveness of such section or part shall in nowise affect, impair or invalidate the remaining portion or portions thereof, but as to such remaining portion or portions the same shall be and remain in full force and effect; and should this ordinance for any reason be ineffective as to any part of the area hereby annexed to the City of La Porte, such ineffectiveness of this ordinance as to any such part or parts of any such area shall not affect the effectiveness of this ordinance as to all of the remainder of such area, and the City Commission hereby declares it to be its purpose to annex to the City of La Porte every part of the area described in Section 4 of this ordi- nance, regardless of whether any other part of such described area is hereby effectively annexed to the City. Provided, further, that if there is included within the general descrip- tion of territory set out in Section 4 of this ordinance to be hereby annexed to the City of La Porte any lands or area which are presently part of and included within the limits of the City of La Porte, or 'which are present+y part of and included within the limits of ,any~other City, Town, or Village, or which are not within the City of La Porte's jurisdiction to annex, the same is hereby excluded and excepted from the terri- tory to be hereby annexed as fully as if such excluded and excepted area were expressly described herein. Section 6. This ordinance shall not repeal, impair, modify, or in anywise affect any other annexation ordinance or ordinances of the City of La Porte, but such other ordi- nance or ordinances Shall remain and continue to be effective, wholly unaffected in any way or manner by the passage of this ordinance. ,~. . ,.' '.' . -. . . . Ordinance No. 906 , Page 4. Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of La Porte, on first and final reading, this the 29th day of November, A.D. 1971. ~ , ::T?; ;U:~ H. Carlos Smith, Mayor '" " ~..... . '" r ~"t .~ ~- .-;:,~ -- ,ATTEST: (!l;<<'tf)~ C~ty Attorney