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Ordinance No. 10,982ORDINANCE NO. 10,982 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, RATIFYING CITY OF BAYTOWN ORDINANCE NO. 10,923 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 24, 2008; APPROVING THE RESTATED AND FIRST AMENDED PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, CITY OF BAYTOWN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO DISTRIBUTE SUCH PLANS; CONTAINING VARIOUS PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING SUBJECT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown passed Ordinance No. 9197 on August 9, 2001, which created Reinvestment Zone No. One, City of Baytown, for the purposes described therein, and subsequently approved a Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan with respect to the zone, as well as the annexation of land into the zone; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown approved the Restated and First Amended Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Baytown by Ordinance No. 10,923; and WHEREAS, after providing published notice at least seven days in advance thereof, the City Council of the City of Baytown held a public hearing on October 9, 2008, with respect to the proposed amended plans, at which hearing all interested persons, including persons owning property in the zone, were provided an opportunity to be heard; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That the findings contained in the recitals to this ordinance are declared to be true and correct and are hereby adopted as part of this ordinance. Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby ratifies and approves Ordinance No. 10,923, including the findings contained and plans described therein, passed by the City Council on July 24, 2008, and approves the Restated and First Amended Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Baytown. Section 3: That if any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void, or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council in adopting this ordinance that no portion hereof or provision or regulation contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality, voidness, or invalidity of any other portion hereof, and all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable for that purpose.