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.
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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
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