CITY OF FORNEY ORDINANCE NO. _________ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORNEY, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE 2023 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF FORNEY, TEXAS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Forney, Texas (“City”) is a home-rule city possessing the full power of local self-government pursuant to Article 11, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution, Section 51.072 of the Texas Local Government Code, and the Home Rule Charter for the City of Forney, Texas; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Forney (“City Council”), pursuant to Chapter 213 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, possesses the power to adopt and/or amend a comprehensive plan for the long-range development of the City; and WHEREAS, the City adopted its current comprehensive plan in 2016; and WHEREAS, the City retained the services of a consultant to assist with the creation of a new updated comprehensive plan that articulates the community-based vision of the City of Forney today and extending into the foreseeable future as development and growth occurs in and about the City; and WHEREAS, interviews were conducted with a group of residents and business owners of the City of Forney to act as a stakeholder group, an advisory committee was established to conduct meetings, and a project website collected input from citizens as part of the process and the results thereof were evaluated and incorporated into the proposed comprehensive planning document as it was developed and revised; and WHEREAS, public meetings were held to obtain input from the residents of the City of Forney regarding their vision for the City of Forney’s future provision of services, environment, growth and development; and WHEREAS, the results of those efforts have been incorporated into the 2023 Comprehensive Plan, which Plan has been reviewed by the City’s Community Development Department; and WHEREAS, after public notice and public hearing as required by law, and upon due deliberation and consideration of the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and of all testimony and written evidence submitted during said public hearings, the City Council of the City of Forney, Texas, has determined that it is in the public's best interest and in support of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of
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