Council authorizes professional services to write La Porte’s unified land development code

Ryan Velock, the city’s director of planning and development, told council the proposed contract would consolidate zoning, subdivision regulations and design standards into a unified land development code to guide development for the next two decades. "Adopting this new development code would allow for the city to create a more streamlined and, user friendly, efficient, and legally defensible, modern ordinance to guide the development of the city for the next 20 plus years," Velock said.