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. . ORDINANCE NO. 1112 e. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21, SECTIONS 25 AND 28, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, PROVIDING THAT ALL CHURCHES AS DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM PAYMENT OF APPLICATION FEE AND APPRAISED AMOUNT FOR VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING STREETS AND ALLEYS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. ,...... ,. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Section 21-25, "Application fee" under Chapter 21 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, Article III "Vacating, Abandoning and Closing Streets and Alleys," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended to include subsection (c) as follows, to-wit: "(c) Any corporation or association organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inure to the benefit of any private - shareholder or individual, shall be exempted from the payment of an application fee under this section." Section 2. Section 21-28, "Final determination by commission; appraisal; conveyance" under Chapter 21 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, Article III "Vacating, Abandoning and Closing Streets and Alleys," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 21-28. Final determination by commission; appraisal; conveyance. . Upon compliance with all provisions of this article, the city commission shall make a final determination as to whether or not an application filed under this article shall be granted or denied. Streets or alleys, whether owned by the city in fee or used by easement, may be sold to the abutting owner or owners in proportion to their abutting ownership, such division between owners to be made in an equitable manner. In addition, any land or interest therein which was originally acquired for the purpose of streets, rights-of-way or easements which the city chooses to trade or exchange as consideration for other land acquired for streets, rights-of-way or ease- ments, including transactions which may be partly for cash and partly by trade or exchange. Nothing in this article shall require the city commission to accept any bid or offer or be required to consummate any sale or trade. Any conveyance, sale or trade made under this article shall never be for less than the fair market value of the land or interest being conveyed, sold or traded, as determined by an appraisal obtained by the city commission at applicant's expense, which shall be conclusive of the market value thereof; all as provided in Art. 542lc-12, Revised Civil Statutes. Provided, however, that any corporation or association organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inure to the benefit of any private individual or shareholder, shall be exempted from the provisions of this section." .