O-2016-3618 Adopt update to future land use map

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2016-3618 ORDINANCE NO_ o;;_�do 1& 19' 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 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, ager public hearing and review by the municipality's pla�ing commission or department; and WHEREAS, Section 213-003 of the Texas Local Goveri�t 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 11, 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 Plan was adopted by the City Council of the City o£ La Porte, Texas in 1986; and amended on the 22"a day of January, 2001; amended on the 18`h day of August, 2006; and amended on the 121h day of November, 2012; and amended on the 28`h day of October, 2013; and amended on the 8th day of December, 2014; and amended on the 24th day of August, 2015; 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 o£ La Porte has reviewed all elements of the Comprehensive Plan, and as duly approved by the City Council of the City or La Porte, to consider possible amendments thereto; and