HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 25, 2004 Agenda AGENDA
CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL
October 25, 2004
After determining that a quorum is preseN, the City Council of the City of DeNon, Texas will
convene in a Special Called Meeting on Monday, October 25, 2004 at 12 noon in the Council
Work Session Room, 215 E. McKinney, Denton, Texas at which the following item will be
considered:
1. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of DeNon, Texas, authorizing and setting a
join public hearing with the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council to consider
zoning amendments to the Denton Development Code affecting multi-family development,
including without limitation requiring specific use permits for all multi-family developmeN in
the City of DeNon; prescribing notice of the join public hearing pursuaN to Texas Local
GovernmeN Code §211.007(d); and providing for an effective date.
NOTE: The City Council reserves the right to adjourn iNo a Closed Meeting on any item on its
Open Meeting agenda consistent with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, as amended,
including without limitation, Sections 551.071-551.086 of the Texas Open Meetings Act.
CERTIFICATE
I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the
City of DeNon, Texas, on the day of ,2004 at o'clock
(a.m.) (p.m.)
CITY SECRETARY
NOTE: THE CITY OF DENTON COUNCIL WORK SESSION ROOM IS
ACCESSIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
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THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
AGENDA DATE: October 25, 2004
DEPARTMENT: Legal
CMfDCM/ACM: Herbert L. Prottty, City Attorney
SUBJECT Consider an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, authorizing and setting a Joint
Public Hearing with the Planning and Zoning Conm~ission and the City Council to consider
zoning amendments to the Denton Development Code affecting multi-family development,
including without limitation requiring specific use permits for all multi-family development in
the City of Denton; prescribing notice of the joint public hearing pursuant to Texas Local
Government Code §211.007(d); and providing for an effective date.
BACKGROUND Under state law the City Council by 2/3rds vote may prescribe the type of
notice for a joint City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing for zoning
amendments. The proposed ordinance sets the joint public hearing for November 16, 2004 at
6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. The ordinance provides for notices to be published in
the Denton Record Chronicle on two separate occasions. On each occasion the notice will be
placed in both the legal notice section and regular section of the newspaper.
Staff recommends approval.
OPTIONS
1. Approve the ordinance, or
2. Revise and approve the ordinance,
3. Deny the ordinance, or
4. Table for future consideration
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Respectfully submitted:
HERBERT L. PROUTY
BY. Ed Sny~e~
Deputy C/,t.y,~ttomey
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND SETTING A
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND
THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ZONING AMENDMENTS TO THE DENTON
DEVELOPMENT CODE AFFECTING MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION REQUIRING SPECIFIC USE PERMITS FOR ALL MULTI-
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF DENTON; PRESCRIBING NOTICE OF THE
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
§211.007(d); AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code §211.007, the City Council
desires to have a joint public hearing with the Planning and Zoning Commission on November
16, 2004 at the City Council Chambers at 6:30 o'clock p.m, regarding proposed zoning
amendments to the Denton Development Code affecting multi-family development, including
without limitation requiring specific use permits for all multi-family development; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code {}211.007(d), the City Council
wishes to prescribe notice of the time and place of the joint pubhc hearing; and
WHEREAS, by a two-thirds vote of the City Council, as required by Texas Local
Government Code §211.007(d) the prescribed notice of the joint public hearing shall be as
hereinafter set forth within this ordinance;
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that this ordinance is in the public interest;
NOW, THEREFORE;
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance
are incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The City of Denton City Council and the City of Denton Planning and
Zoning Commission shall conduct a joint public hearing pursuant to Texas Local Government
Code §211.007(b) on November 16, 2004 at the City Council Chambers located in City Hall at
215 East McKinney Street in Denton, Texas, at 6:30 o'clock p.m. to consider zoning
amendments to the Denton Development Code affecting multi-family development, including
without limitation requiring specific use permits for all multi-family development.
SECTION 3. The notice of the time and place for the joint public heating on November
16, 2004 shall be given on two separate occasions as follows:
Before the 15th day before the public hearing, a notice of the date, time and place
of the public hearing shall be published in the Denton Record-Chronicle in two
separate places; the legal notice section and another location in the newspaper
separate from the legal notice section; and
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Subsequent to the notices provided for in Section 3.a, before the 7th day before the
public hearing, a notice of the date, time and place of the public hearing shall be
pubhshed in the Denton Record-Chronicle in two separate places; the legal notice
section and another location in the newspaper separate fi'om the legal notice
section.
SECTION 4. The Notice shall contain the following information:
The City of Denton City Council and the City of Denton Planning and Zoning
Commission will hold a joint public hearing on November 16, 2004 at the City
Council Chambers located in City Hail at 215 East McKinney Street in Denton,
Texas at 6:30 p.m. to consider zoning amendments to the Denton Development
Code affecting multi-family development, including without limitation requiring
specific use permits for all multi-family development.
Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the notice from containing additional information.
SECTION 5. Should the City Council desire to have an additional public hearing or
public hearings notice will be published in accordance with Section 211.006(a) of the Local
Government Code.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the
day of October, 2004.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEe
HERBERT L.
BY:
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