Ord. 0943-02 2001-02-26ORDINANCE NO. 943-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 7.0, TRANSPORTATION, OF THE CITY'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A GUIDE FOR PROPER DEVELOPMENT
OF AN INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN PEARLAND;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND
A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR
CODIFICATION.
WHEREAS, Local Government Code §211.004 requires a municipality desiring
to regulate the use of land within its corporate limits to adopt a comprehensive plan
for future development; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 1999, the City Council adopted a comprehensive
plan setting the goals, objectives, policies, and criteria for Pearland's physical growth;
and
WHEREAS, a well -planned, integrated transportation system is critical to the
City's proper development and future growth; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That City Council hereby amends Section 7.0, Transportation, of the
City's Comprehensive Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", as a guide for proper
development of an integrated transportation system in Pearland.
Section 2. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of
the City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for
the benefit of the City.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
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unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed
a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 5. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's
official Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
Section 6. Effective Date. The Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and approval on second and final reading.
PASSED and APPROVED ON FIRST READING this the 12 day of
February , A. D., 2001.
ATTEST:
UNG L
TY SE
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TOM REID
MAYOR
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PASSED and APPROVED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING this the
26 day of February , A. D., 2001.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR