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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 378 DANC£ ~S'iTH 7EX. ,R~'.~.. CIV, STAT. .~,~'"'~;,. AR~. 970~ MUNICIPAL ANz , OF ,~H.-~:zn ~ OF THE HOME ANNEXA,10~ ACT SECTION .0~ .... ~ RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF THE COLO3?Y, TEXAS, ADOPTED JAN~Rf 20, ~7c. FOR THE erR_O>: OF Pr,i YiDERING THE INSTITUTION OF AN ~r. Tl(, FR~ ~EE~,..,~ C ANNEX ALL THAi LOT, TRACT, PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED i?: EXHIBIT "A", ~glTH THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO BE CONDUCIED ON THE lSth DAY OF November , 1985, AT7:o0 O'CLOCK p .M., AND WITH THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE CONDUCTED AT THE CITY HALL, 5576 NORTH COLONY BOULEVARD, THE COLONY, TEXAS AT 7:30 OULOCK p .M., ON THE 18th DAY OF November , 1985 PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE; DIRECTING PREPARA- TION OF A SERVICE PLAN FOR INSPECTION AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY NO~', THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS: Section I. That pursuant to and ~n accordance with lex. Rev. Civ. Staz. Ann. art. 970a and Section 1.03. of Cnaster ] of the Home Rule Charter of the City of The Colony Texas, adopted January, g0, 1979, two (2) pubiic hearings to consider institution of annexation oroceedings to annex that lot, tract, and parcel of land described in Exhibit "A' which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as if copied :n ~ts entirety into the body of this ordinance and are hereby called as follows: t a~ Public hearing within the site to be annexed is set for the~ day of No~,ember , ]985, al 7-00 o~clock p .m. Public nearing at the City Hall, 5576 North Colony Boulevard, The Colony, Texas. as set for the 18th day of hoverer , 1985, at Section 2. All interested persons shall be given the opportunity to be heard at said public hearings which shall be conducted and held not more than forty (40) days nor less than twenty (20) days prior to the institution of annexation proceedings. Section 3. Notice of Public Hearing. (a) Notice of this public hearing shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City, and in the territory proposed to be annexed. Said notice shall be accomplisehd by publication of this ordinance in its entirety, including Exhibit "A' at least once in said newspaper not more than twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to each public hearing. (b) Additional notice by Certified Mail shall be given to railroad companies, if any, serving the City and on the City's tax roll where the right of way is located within the territory to be annexed. Section 4. The City Council hereby directs the City Manager to prepare a service plan that provides for the extension of municioal services into the area to be annexed in accordance with Section 10 of TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art., 970a. Said Service plan shall be made available for inspection and explained to the inhabitants of the area to be annexed at the public hearings. Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of ~e Colony, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The Colony, Texas. creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety and general welfard of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its passage and it is accordingly so ordained. Section 6. That this o:-dlnr~nce shall tnke effect from and after .~e .~myor · ~ ATTEST: Patti Jones, ~ary ]SEAL] APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney EXHIBIT "A" A Tract of land, being approximately 127 acres in area and generally located east of and including the Burlington Northern Railroad, and abutting the southern right of way of State Highway 121.