Ordinance No. 969ORDINANCE NO. 969
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ON THE QUESTION OF
THE ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR
THE SAID CITY; DESIGNATING THE HOURS AND THE DAY OF
THE ELECTION AND THE POLLING PLACES THEREFOR; APPOINT-
ING ELECTION OFFICIALS THEREFOR; PROVIDING THAT ALL
DULY QUALIFIED RESIDENT ELECTORS SHALL BE QUALIFIED
TO VOTE; PRESCRIBING FORM OF BALLOT; PROVIDING FOR
NOTICE OF ELECTION; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RE-
LATING TO SAID ELECTION AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the Planning & 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 said Planning & Zoning Commission pre-
viously submitted its preliminary report to the City Council,
and subsequent thereto held several work sessions jointly
with the City Council concerning a zoning ordinance for the
City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, being desirous of sa-
tisfying conditions precedent to the adoption of a zoning
ordinance for the City, called a joint public hearing, after
due notice as required by law, before the Planning & Zoning
Commission and the City Council to give interested parties
an opportunity to be heard concerning the question of zoning; and
WHEREAS, such public hearing was convened in the
Council Chambers of the City Hall at 7:00 p.m. on Monday,
March 10, 1969, and was recessed until the same time and
place on March 17, 1969, at which time said hearing was con-
cluded and closed; and
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WHEREAS, the said public hearing afforded all in-
terested parties the right to appear and be heard concerning
the question of zoning, and the same satisfied all require-
ments of law pertaining to such public hearing; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to such public hearing, the
Planning & Zoning Commission submitted its final report to
the City Council, the said report having been accepted by
the City Council as meeting the requirements of Article 1011f,
V.A.T.S.; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is now desirous of sub-
mitting the question of the adoption of a zoning ordinance
for the City of Baytown to the electors, under the power of
referendum provided in Section 98 of the City Charter; NOW
THEREFORE
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: That a special election shall be held
in and throughout the City of Baytown, Texas, between the
hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 7:00 o'clock p.m. on the 20th
day of May, 1969, at which election there shall be submitted
to the resident qualified voters of said City of Baytown,
for their action thereupon, the following proposition:
"FOR adoption at this election, under the
power of referendum provided in the City
Charter, of the proposed comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance for the City of Baytown."
"AGAINST adoption at this election, under
the power of referendum provided in the
City Charter, of the proposed comprehensiVa
Zoning Ordinance for the City of Baytown."
Section 2: That the said City is hereby divided
into election precincts and their polling places will be
and election officials shall be, for the purpose of this
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Ordinance, such ordinance shall thereupon be officially
"WIN(W adopted and approved and shall become an ordinance of the
City. Such ordinance, if adopted, shall be published, and
may thereafter be amended or repealed by the City Council,
as in the case of other ordinances.
Section 7: Severdbi,lity Clause: If any provision,
exception, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to
any person or act 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
circunstances and to this end they are declared to be severable.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, on this
27th day of March, 1969. c"11",
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk.
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William, R. Lauglilkh, City Attorney
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election, as follows:
PRECINCT NO. POLLING PLACE OFFICIALS
Number 12 Alamo Elem. School
Judge & Presiding Officer
Assistant Judge
Assistant Judge
Number 13 David G. Burnet
Elementary School Irving St John
Judge & Presiding Officer
Dorothy St John
Assistant Judge
W. D. Smith
Assistant Judge
Number 99 Courtesy Ford Co. Jack G. Hester
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. Ouida Hester
Assistant Judge
Mrs. C. W. Grantham
Assistant judge
Number 100 Ashbel Smith Elem. W. O. Tidmon
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. E. R. Rutledge
Assistant Judge
Frank Fields
Assistant Judge
Number 101 Horace Mann Junior
High School Mrs. G. E. Dabney
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. S. V. Robberson
Assistant Judge
Eugene Slagle
Assistant Judge
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PRECINCT NO. POLLING PLACE OFFICIALS
Number 102 Baytown Junior High School A. Contreras
Judge & Presiding Of fi.cer
Mrs. J. W. Sprayberry
Assistant Judge
Mrs. Nami Katribe
Assistant Judge
Number 103 Stephen F. Austin
Elementary School Mrs. Claude Tompkins
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. W. A. Goodrich
Assistant Judge
Mrs. R. L. Tolleson
Assistant Judge
Number 149 San Jacinto Elem. School Mrs. Ted Kloesel
Ju ge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. Fred J. Marti, Jr.
Assistant Judge
Mrs. I. G. Treat
Assistant Judge
Number 165 Travis Elementary School Mr. J. Rodger Read
Judge & Presiding Officer
Mrs. C. J. Briede
Assistant Judge
J. F. McChesney
Assistant Judge
Number 248 Carver Jones School W. W. Lewis
Judge -& Presiding Officer
Mrs. C. D. Reed
Assistant Judge
Mrs. Johanna Wilson
Assistant Judge
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PRECINCT NO. POLLING PLACE OFFICIALS
Number 249
James Bowie Elem. School Wayne McClUrg
Ju3ge & Presiding Officer
Assistant Ju ge
Mrs. Modine Baker
Assistant Judge
Section 3: That said election shall be held in
accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of
Texas, and where not inconsistent, the Charter of the City of
Baytown. All duly qualified resident electors of the City of
Baytown, Texas, shall be qualified to vote.
Section 4: That the form of the ballow shall be
substantially as follows:
BALLOT
"FOR adoption at this election, under the
power of referendum provided in the City
Charter, of the proposed comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance for the City of Baytown."
"AGAINST adoption at this election, under
the power of referendum provided in the
City Charter, of the proposed comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance for the City of Baytown."
Section 5: That the Chief of Police is hereby di-
rected to post a properly executed copy of the election pro-
clamation and notice at each polling place within the City
not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set herein
for such election. The City Clerk is hereby directed to
cause notice of said special election to be published in the
official newspaper of the City of Baytown not less than ten
(10) nor more than thirty (30) days before the said election.
Section 6: Should a majority of the electors vote
in favor of the adoption of the proposed comprehensive Zoning
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