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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1486 - zoning; proposed amendmentsORDINANCE NO. 1486 AN ORDINANCE CALLING JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS, IN RELATION TO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Zoning and Planning Commission ( "Z &PC ") of the City of West University Place, Texas ( "City ") has proposed amendments to the City's Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1394, as amended) and has submitted a preliminary report on the proposed amendments, which report is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to call joint public hearings on such amendments, as allowed by state law, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS: Section 1. For each amendment proposed by the Z &PC, there is hereby called a joint public hearing before the Z &PC and the City Council of the City. Each public hearing shall be held in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Building, 3800 University Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77005 during the meeting set to begin at 7:30 p.m. on December 12, 1994. Each hearing may be adjourned or recessed from time to time and from place to place thereafter. Section 2. The purpose of each hearing is to provide an opportunity for parties in interest and citizens to be heard in relation to each proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance described in Exhibit A, attached. Section 3. The amendments are submitted and resubmitted to the Zoning and Planning Commission for its consideration. Section 4. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to give notice of such hearings. The notice shall be in substantially the form set out in Exhibit B, attached. The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least once on or before the tenth day preceding the date of the hearing. The notice shall also be sent to each name and address on the water and sewer utility ratepayer list covering the entire City, as such list existed at the close of business on November 29, 1994. Such notices shall be deposited, properly addressed with postage paid, in the United States mail on or before the tenth day preceding the day of the hearing. Additional notices may be sent, mum and additional information may be included in the notices, as the City Secretary or the Mayor may prescribe. Section 5 The City staff is authorized to make all necessary arrangements for said hearing and to assist the Zoning and Planning Commission and the City Council in connection therewith. Section 6. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this ordinance and the application of such word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 7. The City Council officially finds, determines and declares that sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of each meeting at which this ordinance was discussed, considered or acted upon was given in the matter required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and that such meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during such discussion, consideration and action The City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices and the contents and posting thereof. Section 8. Because the proposed amendments are vitally important and should be considered at the earliest possible date, a state of emergency is declared requiring that this ordinance be read and adopted finally at this meeting. Accordingly, this ordinance shall be adopted finally on first reading and shall become effective immediately upon adoption and signature. PASSED AND APPROVED on first and final reading, this 28th day of November ° 1994 Voting Aye: Voting Nay: Absent: 4-'01 / Bill Watson Mayor ATTEST. JPO VE TO F RM: 4nn K o loway James Dougherty, Jr. City Secretary City Attorney (SEAL)