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ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE `APPLICATION
OF A SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO THE CITY'S
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
ORDINANCE N0. 47
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING. THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD
ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PLATS AND THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND TO ALL OF THE AREA UNDER THE
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS;
PROVIDING THAT A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE IN SUCH AREA OF EXTRA-
TERRITOKAL JURISDICTION SHALL NOT BE A MISDEMEANOR NOR SHALL ANY
FINE BE APPLICABLE; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH ORDINANCE
BY INJUNCTION IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
WHEREAS, the municipal Annexation Act ( Chapter 160, Acts of thel
58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963; compiled as Article 970a,
Vernon' s Texas Civil Statues ) authorizes any city to extend the i
application of its ordinance establishing rules and regulations
governing plats and the subdivision of land to all of the area
under its extraterritorial ,jurisdiction as defined in such Act;
now therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS:
Section 1. Ordinance Number 23, passed and approved on the 1st
day of April, 1963 A.D. , establishing rules and regulations
governing plats and the subdivision of land and entitled, ORDINANCE
NUMBER 23, SUBDIVISIONS REGULATIONS, is hereby extended in its
application to include all of the area within the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the City of Friendswood, Texas. The provisions of
such ordinance shall have the same force and effect within said
area of extraterritorial jurisdiction as within the corporate
limits of the City of Friendswood, Texas, except as provided in
Sections 2 and 3 of this ordinance.
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Section 2. No violation of any provision of such Ordinance Number 23
outside the corporate limits of the city, but within such city' s
area of extraterritorial ,jurisdiction, shall constitute a misdemeanor
under such ordinance, nor shall any fine provided for in such
Ordinance be applicable to a violation within such area of extra-
territorial jurisdiction.
Section 3. In the event any provision of Ordinance Number 23 is
violated within the area extraterritorial ,jurisdiction of the City
of Friendswood, Texas, and outside its corporate limits, the City
may institute any appropriate action or proceedings in the District Court
to enjoin the violation of such ordinance.
Section 4. If any portion, paragraph or part of this Ordinance shall
be held to be illegal or unconstitutional then such holding shal{ in
no wise affect the remainder of such Ordinance and the same shall
remain in full force and effect as if such portion so held unconititu-
tionalhad never been questioned.
Section 5. The further fact that the City of Friendswood, Texas now
has no adequate ordinance extending the application of a subdivision
ordinance to the City' s extraterritorial ,jurisdiction and because of
the rapidly growing area and influx of people and the need for suit-
able regulations constitutes an imperative public necessity and the
requirement that such Ordinance be read on three separate occasions
be, and the same is hereby suspended and this Ordinance shall take
effect immediately from and after its passage and approval and it is
so ordered.
PASSED and APPROVED this the ? day of�l��, A.D. 1964.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, T XAS
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BY:
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y D. Wagner