HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 493-2010 Adopting the Comprehensive Plan.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 493-2010
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE ANNA, TEXAS, APPROVING AND
ADOPTING ·rHE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anna ("City Council") determined that the
City's existing Comprehensive Plan Map ("Old Plan") was in need of updating; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas ("City") by resolution created a Citizen Master Plan
Update Advisory Committee to ensure community input into the process of updating the
Old Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the new Comprehensive Plan adopted under this ordinance shall be known
and cited for all purposes as the "Comprehensive Plan"; and,
WHEREAS, a copy of the Comprehensive Plan is on file in the office of the City
Secretary;
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan is comprised of the documents attached to this
ordinance as Exhibit A and incorporated herein for all purposes as if fully set forth in full,
including without limitation all exhibits and appendices to the Comprehensive Plan, all of
which constitute an integral part of said Comprehensive Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has-with the input of the public and the Citizen
Master Plan Update Advisory Committee-been drafted and reviewed by City staff, the
Planning and Zoning Commission ("P&Z"), and the City Council; and,
WHEREAS, the required public hearing has been held, during which the public was
given the opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence regarding said
Plan, all in compliance with applicable state law; and,
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has been presented to the City Council for review
and adoption; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the citizens of the City
to approve and adopt the Comprehensive Plan, said Comprehensive Plan being in
furtherance of the public health, safety and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
THE ANNA, TEXAS:
Section 1. Recitals Incorporated.
The above recitals are deemed to be the findings and determinations made the by the
City Council and are incorporated here as if set forth in full for all purposes.
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Section 2. Adoption of Comprehensive Plan.
The City Council hereby adopts the Comprehensive Plan in its entirety, intending that
said Comprehensive Plan shall amend, supersede, and replace the City's existing
Comprehensive Plan Map, and any related documents, adopted November 20, 2006, as
amended. The Council further grants the City's Director of Planning and Development
full authority to correct all non-substantive clerical or typographical errors in the
Comprehensive Plan, and make other necessary formatting, heading and numbering
changes, provided that such corrections and changes do not change the meaning or
effect of the Comprehensive Plan.
Section 3. Purpose and Application.
As set forth in more detail in the Comprehensive Plan, the Comprehensive plan shall
serve as a guideline for the City's adoption of, or amendment(s) to the City's various
development regulations. To the extent required by state law, zoning regulations and
amendments thereto shall hereafter be adopted in accordance with the Comprehensive
Plan, and any zoning regulation(s) or part thereof that may deviate in any way from or
add to the Comprehensive Plan shall be deemed to automatically amend the
Comprehensive Plan, whether or not reference be made to the Comprehensive Plan in
the ordinance adopting or amending such zoning regulation(s). With respect to any such
zoning regulation that automatically amends the Comprehensive Plan, any requirement
under state law that a comprehensive plan be amended after public hearing and after
review by the P&Z shall be deemed to have been satisfied by the public hearing(s) and
P&Z review-and-recommendation procedures set forth in the City's zoning regulations,
as amended, in accordance with Chapter 211 of the Texas Local Government Code, as
amended. The Comprehensive Plan shall not constitute zoning regulations or establish
zoning district boundaries.
Section 4. Savings, Severability and Repealing Clauses.
All ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are repealed to
the extent of that conflict, except that this ordinance by itself shall not affect any change
to any existing zoning districts, zoning classifications, or other zoning regulations or
designations of current zoning. If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of such ordinance shall continue in full force
and effect the same as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision had never been a
part hereof. The City declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that
anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared
unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 5. Publication of the Caption Hereof and Effective Date.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effective from and after its passage and upon
the posting and/or publication, if required by law, of its caption and the City Secretary is
hereby directed to implement such posting and/or publication if so required.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas. this 13th day of April,
2010.
ATTESTED:
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