Ordinance No. 959ORDINANCE NO. 959
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN FORMALLY CALLING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND
THE CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1011f, V.A.T.S.,
GIVING INTERESTED PARTIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HEARD CONSIDERING THE QUESTION OF ZONING; ORDER-
ING AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A
NOTICE OF THE SAID PUBLIC HEARING SO AS TO GIVE
AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) DAYS' NOTICE OF THE TIME
AND PLACE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the
City of Baytown, together with the City Council, has reviewed
the feasibility of zoning for the City of Baytown for more
than two years; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has
proposed a draft zoning ordinance, and has met informally
with the City Council on numerous occasions in connection
therewith; and
WHEREAS, the said Planning and Zoning Commission
has made a Preliminary Report to the City Council, with the
recommendation that the City Council adopt the proposed zon-
ing ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has given serious con-
sideration to the adoption of such an ordinance, and desires
to satisfy the conditions precedent to the adoption of such
an ordinance, whether adopted by the City Council itself or
submitted to a vote of the electors under Section 98 of the
City Charter; and
WHEREAS, Articles 1011d and 1011f, V.A.T.S., require
the Planning Commission and City Council to hold public hearings,
after published notices, giving interested parties an oppor-
tunity to be heard considering the question of zoning; and
WHEREAS, said Article 1011f, V.A.T.S., authorizes
a City Council to pass an ordinance calling for a joint pu-
blic hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission and
the City Council, to satisfy the legal requirements of a
public hearing before: both of such bodies; NOW THEREFORE,
Section 1: That a joint public hearing before the
Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council, pursuant
to Article 1011f, V.A.T.S., for the purpose of giving interested
parties the right to appear and be heard concerning the ques-
tion of the adoption of a zoning ordinance for the City of
Baytown, is hereby called for the loth day of March _)I
1969, at 7:00 o'clock p.m. in the Council Chambers of the
City Hall.
Section 2: That the City Clerk is hereby ordered
and directed to publish a notice of the said public hearing
in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown, so as to
give at least fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place
of such public hearing.
Section 3: That this ordinance shall take effect
from and after the date of its passage by an affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown.
of the City Council of the City of Baytown, on this the
day of 1969.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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William R.--L-aughlin". City Attorney
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