Ordinance No. 12,983ORDINANCE NO. 12, 983
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 7.42 ACRES OF THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY/UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD COMPANY RIGHT -OF -WAY, LOCATED NORTH OF
NEEDLEPOINT ROAD AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10
BETWEEN SJOLANDER ROAD AND CEDAR BAYOU STREAM, BEING A
PORTION OF TRACT R -9B ABSTRACT 4 OF THE WILLIAM
BLOODGOOD SURVEY, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM A GENERAL
COMMERCIAL (GC) ZONING DISTRICT TO A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (HI)
ZONING DISTRICT; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO
THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($2,000.00); PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby amends the
official zoning map of the City of Baytown to effectuate zoning district changes for
approximately 7.42 acres of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company/Union Pacific Railroad
Company right -of -way, located north of Needlepoint Road and south of Interstate Highway 10
between Sjolander Road and Cedar Bayou stream being a portion of Tract R -9B Abstract 4 of the
William Bloodgood Survey, Harris County, Texas, from a General Commercial (GC) Zoning
District to a Heavy Industrial (HI) Zoning District. The amended portion of the official zoning
map is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes.
Section 2: Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
TWO THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($2,000.00). Each act of violation and each day
upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the
penalty prescribed above, the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances,
injunctive relief, administrative adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 3: 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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of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 4: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or the 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 5: 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. .,7
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the
City of Baytown this the 8th day of October, 2015.
S
AT T:
LETICIA BRYSCH, City erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
NACIO RAMIREZ, SR. ity Attorney
vote of the City Council of the
DONCARLOS, Mayor
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Exhibit "A"