Ord. 0943-14 2007-09-24ORDINANCE NO. 943-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, AMENDING FIGURE 7.2, THOROUGHFARE
PLAN, OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A GUIDE FOR
PRESERVING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, ATTRACTIVENESS AND
SAFETY IN PEARLAND; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR CODIFICATION; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NEED TO REGULATE LAND USE
INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE,
BEARS DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF
THE CITIZENRY.
WHEREAS, Local Government Code Section 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 the 13th day of December, 1999, the City Council adopted a
comprehensive plan setting the goals, objectives, policies, and criteria for Pearland's
physical growth; and
WHEREAS, accommodating anticipated growth while preserving a sense of
community is critical to the City's proper development; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That City Council hereby amends Figure 7.2, Thoroughfare Plan, of
the City's Comprehensive Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", as a guide for
accommodating anticipated growth while preserving a sense of community in Pearland.
Section 2. Savings. All rights and remedies, which have accrued in the favor of
the City under this Ordinance and its amendments thereto, shall be and are preserved
for the benefit of the City.
ORDINANCE NO. 943-14
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional or
otherwise 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are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.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 herein above.
Section 6. Effective Date. The Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and approval on final reading.
Section 7. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
the need to regulate land use inures to the benefit of the public and, therefore, bears
directly upon the health, safety, and welfare of the citizenry; and that this Ordinance
shall be adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule requiring this Ordinance
to be read on two (2) separate occasions be hereby waived.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED ON FIRST AND ONLY READING this
the 24th day of September, 2007.
TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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ECRETARY
ORDINANCE NO. 943-14
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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Recommendation Letter
August 29, 2007
Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
3519 Liberty Drive
Pearland, TX 77581
Re: Recommendation on a request by the City of Pearland, for an amendment to
the Master Thoroughfare Plan
Honorable Mayor and City Council Members:
At their regular meeting of August 20, 2007, the Planning and Zoning Commission
considered the request for amendments to the Master Thoroughfare Plan.
Commission Member Greiner made a motion to recommend approval of the proposed
amendments, which was seconded by Commission Member Koza. The motion to
approve passed 7 — 0. The proposed amendments to the Master Thoroughfare Plan
were recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Sincerely,
Planning and Zoning Commission
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, Lloyd Morrow, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended waspublished
in THE REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general circulation in Brazoria; Harris
and Galveston Counties, for
issues, as follows:
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NOTICE OF A JOINT PUB-
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CITY COUNCIL AND THE
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CITY OF PEARLAND,
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AMENDMENTS TO THE
MASTER THOROUGH-
FARE PLAN
Notice is hereby given that
on August 20, 2007, at 6:30
p.m., the City Council and
Planning and Zoning
Commission of the City of
Pearland, in Brazoria, Harris
and Fort Bend Counties,
Texas, will conduct a joint
public hearing in the Council
Chambers of City Hall,
located at 3519 Liberty
Drive, Pearland, Texas, on
the request of the City of
Pearland, for an amendment
to the Master Thoroughfare
Plan.
At said hearing all interested
parties shall have the right
and opportunity to appear
and be heard on the subject.
/s/Theresa Grahmann
Senior Planner
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, Lloyd Morrow, hereby certify
in THE. REPORTER NEWS, a
and Galveston Counties, for
that the notice hereby appended was_ published
newspaper of general circulation in Brazoria;'Harris
issues, as follows:
No. / Date
No. Date
No. Date
No. Date
No. Date
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Published Aug. 8, 2007.
NOTICE OF A JOINT PUB-
LIC HEARING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE
PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSIONOF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
T E X A S
AMENDMENTS TO THE
MASTER THOROUGH-
FARE PLAN
Notice is hereby given that
on August 20, 2007, at 6:30
p.m., the City Council and
Planning and Zoning
Commission of the City of
Pearland, in Brazoria, Harris
and Fort Bend Counties,
Texas, will conduct a joint
public hearing in the Council
Chambers of City Hall,
located at 3519 Liberty
Drive, Pearland, Texas, on
the request of the City of
Pearland, for an amendment
to the Master Thoroughfare
Plan.
At said hearing all interested
parties shall have the right
and opportunity to appear
and be heard on the subject.
/s/Theresa Grahmann
Senior Planner