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Ordinance No. 15,721 ORDINANCE NO. 15,721 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS, ADDING APPROXIMATELY 54.589 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN RESTRICTED RESERVE "A" BLK 1 OF THE REPLAT OF RESTRICTED RESERVE "A" OF CEDAR CROSSING PHASE 11 SUBDIVISION, HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT BEING OUT OF THE RESIDUE OF THAT CALLED 102.12 ACRE TRACT, SAVE AND EXCEPT A 14.229 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO CEDAR CROSSING, SITUATED IN THE JOHN STEELE SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 227, CHAMBERS COUNTY,TEXAS,TO COUNCIL DISTRICT NO.6;REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. ******************************************************************************************** WHEREAS,two public hearings before the City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas(the"City Council"), where all interested persons were provided with an opportunity to be heard on the proposed annexation of the property described in Section 2 of this ordinance,were held during the City Council meetings on the 26"day of October,2023 and 22"'day of February,2024, in the City Council Chamber of City Hall of the City of Baytown, Texas; and WHEREAS, notices of the first and second public hearings were published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City of Baytown, Texas,and in the below-described territories on October 13,2023; and WHEREAS,notice of the first and second public hearings were posted on the City of Baytown's website on the 13"day of October,2023; and WHEREAS,each notice posted on the City of Baytown's notice board and website remained posted until the date of the hearing referenced in the notice; and WHEREAS,the below-described property lies within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Baytown, Texas; and WHEREAS,the below-described property lies within Industrial District No.3 of the City of Baytown,Texas; and WHEREAS, Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that the City of Baytown may make written contracts with owners of land in industrial districts to guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the district and its immunity from annexation by the municipality for a period not to exceed 15 years; and WHEREAS, the City of Baytown and the then-owner of the below-described property entered into an Industrial District Agreement on March 30,2016; and WHEREAS,the Industrial District Agreement provides that"[t]he term of this Agreement is seven tax years, from 2016 through 2022;"and WHEREAS,the current owner of the below-described property does not wish to enter into a new Industrial District Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that discontinuing the extraterritorial status of the below-described property within Industrial District No. 3 and its immunity from annexation is in the public interest; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to include the newly annexed territory described herein in a Council District; and WHEREAS,the City Council held the First Reading of the Ordinance on November 20,2023; and WHEREAS, the City Council held the Second and Final Reading of the Ordinance on February 16, 2024; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS: Section 1: Council District No. 6 is hereby redistricted by the addition of that property which is described in Exhibit "A," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes. Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other respects,this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 3: If any provision,section,exception,subsection,paragraph,sentence,clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances; and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) days from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after passage of this ordinance. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown this the 22"J day of February, 2024. R 6 YTQbVAy DON ZIP ETILLO, a y o r ATTEST: /A s ��F^oe.oeee.,oeooe TF_ _ J• O ANGELA JA S , City'lerk/�-`�� 1+, lZ . APPROVED AS�O FO�tNC:��_ SCOTT LE O D, City Attorney k RAScott\Ordinances 24-02-22\Annexation.docx 04 'to • �� - 3 ,tL, r C!4�iw^����•�� fir' ' l�� Yam+ I i �{� �• .� � 7� �_ I V fili } SO sir_. II �:: �� I��� i .."Y M�l. � ��r Ate;!I, Liar ��Si��l��i t .�, __•��il�� y