HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-111ORDINANCE NO '-I O - ///
AN ORDINANCE CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING ON LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS RE-
LATED TO THE POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 395 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, RE-
QUIRING THE CITY SECRETARY TO POST NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AS SET FORTH IN
THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, on March 17, 1998, the City Council passed Ordinance No 98-081 ap-
pointing the Planning and Zoning Commission members and one additional ad hoc member from
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City as the Denton Capital Improvements Advisory Com-
mittee ("Committee"), in accordance with Tex Loc Gov't Code §395 058 to study and make
recommendations concerning the imposition of impact fees, and
WHEREAS, the Committee has met to consider land use assumptions related to the pos-
sible adoption of impact fees to recover costs related to water and wastewater treatment facilities,
and
WHEREAS, the Committee believes that the City Council should hold a public hearing
in accordance with subchapter C of Chapter 395 of the Local Government Code to obtain public
input on the land use assumptions relating to the possible adoption of such impact fees, and
WHEREAS, the Committee will make its recommendations to the City Council with re-
gard to said land use assumptions prior to the public hearing, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public interest to set a public hearing on
land use assumptions relating to the possible adoption of impact fees, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That the City Council hereby calls a public hearing to be held in the City
Council Chambers in the Municipal Building at 215 East McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at
7 00 p in, on June 2, 1998 to consider the adoption of land use assumptions within a designated
service area that includes an area both within the corporate city limits of Denton and portions of
its extraterritorial jurisdiction as more fully shown on the attached notice of public hearing re-
lating to the possible adoption of impact fees to recover costs related to water and wastewater
treatment facilities The land use assumptions will be used to develop a Capital Improvements
Plan
SECTION II That the City Secretary and the Director of Water Utilities are hereby di-
rected to publish notice of the hearing once a week for three consecutive weeks, the first notice
to appear before the 30th day, but on or after 601h day before the above date set for the hearing, in
the Denton Record -Chronicle, said notice to be substantially in accordance with the notice of
public hearing which is attached to and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes and in
compliance with Tex Loc Gov't Code §395 044 On or before the 30th day before the date of
the hearing on land use assumptions, the City Secretary and the Director of Water Utilities are
hereby directed to send a notice of the hearing by certified mail to any person who has given
written notice by certified or registered mail to the City Secretary or other designated official of
the City requesting notice of the hearing within two years preceding the date of the adoption of
the ordinance setting the public hearing The notice of public hearing may not be in the part of
the paper in which legal notices and classified ads appear, and may not be smaller than one -
quarter page of a standard -size or tabloid -size newspaper, and the headline on the notice must be
in 18-point or larger type
SECTION III, That on or before the date of the first publication of the notice of hearing
on the land use assumptions, the City Secretary and the Director of Water Utilities shall make
available to the public the City's land use assumptions, the time period of the projections, and a
description of the general nature of the capital improvement facilities that may be proposed in
accordance with Tex Loc Gov't Code §395 043 in the office of the City Secretary in the Mu-
nicipal Building at 215 East McKinney Street, Denton, Texas 76201
S_,ECTION IV, That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval q
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 65 /S day of 1998
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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AP OVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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JAC ILLER, MAYOR
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"NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON LAND USE
ASSUMPTIONS RELATING TO THE POSSIBLE
ADOPTION OF IMPACT FEES"
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DENTON, TEXAS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 2, 1998 AT 7 00 P M
IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AT 215 EAST
MCKINNEY, DENTON, TEXAS 76201 THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL
BE TO CONSIDER LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN UNDER WHICH AN IMPACT FEE OR IMPACT FEES
TO RECOVER COSTS RELATED TO WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT
FACILITIES MAY BE IMPOSED ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO
APPEAR AT THE HEARING AND TO PRESENT EVIDENCE FOR AND AGAINST THE
ADOPTION THE OF LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS ANY INTERESTED PERSON CAN
CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY AT (940) 349-8309 OR GO TO THE CITY
SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AT 215 EAST MCKINNEY,
DENTON, TEXAS TO OBTAIN A COPY OF OR TO INSPECT THE LAND USE
ASSUMPTIONS, THE TIME PERIOD OF THE PROJECTIONS, AND A DESCRIPTION OF
THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FACILITIES THAT MAY
BE PROPOSED
ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRESENT THEIR
VIEWS AT THE HEARING
Ai MAP OF THE SERVICE AREA TO WHICH THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS
APPLY, WHICH INCLUDES AREAS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF DENTON AND AREAS WITHIN DENTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
IS AS FOLLOWS
[INCORPORATE MAP IN NOTICE]