HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2003-09 ORDINANCE NO. 2003-09
AN ORDINANCE OF TF� CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS,
CREATING REINVESTMENT ZONE NO. 2, SAME BEING A 2.1025
ACRE TRACT OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, OUT OF LOT 50 OF
5HARP'S SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 22 OF THE I. & G.N.R.R. CO.,
SURVEY, ABSTRACT 616, GALVESTON COiTNTY, TEXAS, AS
RECORDED IN VOLUME 113, PAGE 22, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF
GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID TRACT BEING GENERALLY
LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF MANDALE ROAD AND
SOUTH SIDE OF ESTATE DRIVE IN THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD;
MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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WHEREAS, the City Council has passed and approved Guidelines and Criteria for
Granting Tax Abatement in Reinvestment Zones Created in the Ciry of Friendswood, Texas; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such Guidelines, the City Council has received an application
for creation of a reinvestment zone and the granting of tax abatement; and
WHEREAS, after the giving of proper notice, as required by law, the City Council held
a public hearing where all interested persons were given an opportunity to speak and present
evidence far and against the creation of Reinvestment Zone No. 2; and
WHEREAS, notice was given to all taxing entities where the proposed zone is to be
located; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the improvements sought to be located
within proposed Reinvestment Zone No. 2 are feasible and practical and would be a benefit to
the land to be included in the Zone and to the City after the expiration of the tax abatement
agreement; and
WHEREAS, the creation of Reinvestment Zone No. 2 will be reasonably likely, as a
result of its creation, to contribute to the retention or expansion of primary employment, or to
attract major investment into the Zone, that would benefit the property located therein and that
will contribute to the economic development of the City of Friendswood; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. The facts and matters set forth in the preamble of this Ordinance are
hereby found to be true and correct.
Section 2. Reinvestment Zone No. 2 is hereby created for the purpose of encouraging
economic development through tax abatement. A description of the property that comprises said
R�investment Zone No. 2 is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof for all
purposes. Improvements constructed, erected, or placed within Reinvestment Zone No. 2, as
created hereby, shall be eligible for tax abatement.
Section 3. This designation shall be effective for a period of seven (7) years,
commencing on the date of adoption hereof.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith
are, to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 5. In the event any clause, phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this
Ordinance or the application of the same to any person or circumstance shall for any reason be
adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the
part declared to be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of tl�e City of Friendswood,
Texas, declares that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the
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omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, whether there be one or
more parts.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPT'ED this 16"' day of June, 2003.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 7th day
of July, 2003.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
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' Kimball W. Brizendine '
Mayor
ATTEST
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De oris McKenzie, TR C
City Secretary
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