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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 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.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: ,TRMC ECRETARY ORDINANCE NO. 943-14 APPROVED AS TO FORM: DARRIN M. 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"` 1i 4214*_ AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH N Master Thoroughfare Plan W7E ss Amendment 0 200 400 Feet It'll I Map Prepared on July 30, 2007 Planning & Zoning Coxnfflissioll 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 Page 1 of 1 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: No. Date No. Date No. Date No. Date No. Date Subscribe and sworn to before me this 20k 7 • • • • 11, LAL,t ,k AANN EMMONS Notar 'uo ic, State of Texas, My Ciomir11SSIOn Expires 09-09-201 • • • 20 P_ 20 20 20 20 day o Laura Ann Emmons, Publisher Notary Public, State of Texas 1# 3 / #C%i ia65.9 /C4 f Published Aug. 1, 2007 and 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 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 Subscribe and sworn to before me this 20.0 _ • • • 0 .:•:. AaYje or- 9 LAURA ANN EMMONS Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires 09-09-201'" • • 20 20 20_ 20 20 day of Laura Ann .Emmons, Publisher Notary Public, State of Texas / ,FIoRDU/ Ncd�� 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