HomeMy WebLinkAboutPD24-0005cORDINANCE NO. PD24-0005c
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS REGARDING A CHANGE rN THE
ZONING DISTRICT AND USE CLASSIFICATION ON APPROXIMATELY 52.589 ACRES
OF LAND FROM THE RESIDENTIAL 6 (R6) DISTRICT TO AN OVERLAY PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT – LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (PD-LI) DISTRICT. THE SITE IS GENERALLY
LOCATED NORTH OF BLAGG ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET EAST OF GEESLING
ROAD, IN THE CITY OF DENTON, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS; ADOPTING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (PD24-0005c, Walker Geesling)
WHEREAS, Aimee Bissett with 97 Land Company, applied on behalf of the property
owner, John Walker Et. Al., for a zoning change from the Residential 6 (R6) District to an Overlay
Planned Development – Light Industrial (PD-LI) District on approximately 52.589 acres, legally
described and depicted in Exhibit “A” (hereinafter, the “Property”); and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission, in compliance with
the laws of the State of Texas, having given the requisite notices by publication and otherwise, and
having held due hearings and afforded full and fair hearings to all property owners interested in
this regard, and have recommended approval (4-1) of the amendment; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2024, the City Council likewise conducted a public hearing as
required by law, and finds that the request meets and complies with all substantive and procedural
standards for a zoning change to an Overlay Planned Development (PD) District set forth in
Section 2.7.3 of the Denton Development Code, and is consistent with the Denton 2040
Comprehensive Plan and the Denton Development Code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council of the City of
Denton, in considering the application for a change in the zoning classification of the property,
have determined that the proposed use is in the best interest in the health, safety, morals, and
general welfare of the City of Denton, and accordingly, the City Council of the City of Denton is
of the opinion and finds that said zoning change is in the public interest and should be granted as
set forth herein; NOW THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDA[NS:
SECTION 1. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are
incorporated herein by reference and found to be true.
SECTION 2. The zoning district and use classification for the Property is hereby changed
from the Residential 6 (R6) District to an Overlay Planned Development – Light Industrial (PD-
LI) District. The Development Standards for the Property are described in Exhibit “B” attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Development of the Property shall be in accordance
with the Development Standards in Exhibit “B” and the Denton Development Code, as amended.
SECTION 3. The City’s official zoning map is hereby amended to show the change in the
zoning district and use classification.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance is held invalid by any court, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
the provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 5. Any person, firm, entity or corporation violating any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
fine in a sum not exceeding $2,000.00 for each offense. Each day that a provision of this ordinance
is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
SECTION 6. In compliance with Section 2.09(c) of the Denton Charter, this ordinance
shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is
hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record-
Chronicle, a daily newspaper published in the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the
date of its passage.
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Mayor Gerard Hudspeth:V
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Brian Beck, District 2:vr
Paul Meltzer, District 3 :1/
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Brandon Chase McGee, At Large Place 5 :
Jill Jester, At Large Place 6:
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /GtR dayof 2024
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LAUREN THODEN, CITY SECRETARY By ?;%hi +
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
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Exhibit A – Zoning Legal Description
BEING a tract of land situated in the Moreau Forrest Survey, Abstract No. 417, City of Denton,
Denton County, Texas and being a portion of a called 97.277-acre tract of land described in a
deed to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (50% interest) and John Powell Walker (50%
interest), recorded in Document No. 93-0034125, Official Records, Denton County, Texas, and
being the same land described in a deed to John Powell Walker (25% interest), recorded in
Document No. 2017-38283, said Official Records, and being the same land described in a deed
to Martin Acquisitions, LLC (25% interest), recorded in Document No. 2017-38284, said
Official Records, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped “DUNNAWAY” found for the
southerly, southwest corner of said 97.277-acre tract and the southeast corner of a called 0.838-
acre tract of land described in a deed to Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC, recorded in
Document No. 2019-42665, Official Records, Denton County, Texas, same being on the
northerly right-of-way line ofBlagg Road (variable width right-of-way);
THENCE North 01'’59’12" East, departing the northerly right-of-way line of said Blagg Road
and along the easterly line of said 0.838-acre tract, a distance of 364.89 feet to a 5/8-inch iron
rod with plastic cap stamped “DUNNAWAY” found for corner;
THENCE North 88'’00’48" West, along the northerly line of said 0.838-acre tract, a distance of
100.00 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped “DUNNAWAY” found for the
northwest corner of said 0.838-acre tract, common to the northeast corner of a called 2.430-acre
tract of land described in a deed to Texas Power & Light Company, recorded in Volume 1027,
Page 163, said Official Records, same being an angle point in the a westerly line of said 97.277-
acre tract;
THENCE North 88'’00’48" West, along the common line of said 97.277-acre tract and said
2.430-acre tract, a distance of 36.41 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped “KHA”
set for the easternmost southeast corner of a called 3.02-acre tract of land described in a deed to
Texas Municipal Power Agency, recorded in Volume 1149, Page 494, said Deed Records;
THENCE North 48'’09’44" East, departing the northerly line of said 2.430-acre tract and along
the common line of said 97.277-acre tract and said 3.02-acre tract, a distance of 45.59 feet to a
5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped “TNP” found for the easternmost northeast corner of
said 3.02-acre tract, common to the southeast corner of ARCO Substation Addition, an Addition
to the City of Denton, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in Document No. 2015-103,
said Plat Records;
THENCE North 1'’56’46" East, along the common line of said 97.277-acre tract and said ARCO
Substation Addition, a distance of 652.34 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap stamped
“TNP” found for the northeast corner of said ARCO Substation Addition;
THENCE South 87'’53’02" East, departing the common line of said 97.277-acre tract and said
ARCO Substation Addition, crossing said 97.277-acre tract, a distance of 294.19 feet to a point
for corner;
THENCE North 02'’06'58" East, continuing across said 97.277-acre tract, a distance of 65.00 feet
to a point for corner;
THENCE South 87'’53'02" East, continuing across said 97.277-acre tract, a distance of 51.02 feet
to a point for corner;
THENCE North 35'’42’38" East, continuing across said 97.277-acre tract, a distance of 496.48
feet to a point for corner;
THENCE North 41 '’5 1'49" East, continuing across said 97.277-acre tract, a distance of 649.24
feet to a point for corner on the northerly line of said 97.277-acre tract and the southerly line of a
called 28-acre tract of land described in a deed to T.B. Bullard, recorded in Volume 432, Page
149, Deed Records, Denton County, Texas;
THENCE South 87'’58’52" East, along said common line and along the southerly line of a said
28-acre tract and the southerly line of a called 78.0050-acre tract of land described in a deed to
Ralph T. Bullard, recorded in Volume 1521, Page 948, said Deed Records, a distance of 1 ,120.87
feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the southeast corner of said 78.0050-acre tract, common to
the easternmost northeast corner of said 97.277-acre tract, same being the southwest corner of a
tract of land described in a deed to Ralph Bullard, recorded in Document No. 93-001536, said
Official Records, same also being the northwest corner of Lakeview Ranch Phase 1, an Addition
to the City of Denton, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in Cabinet P, Page 363, Plat
Records, Denton County, Texas, from which a 1/2-inch iron rod with plastic cap (ILLEGIBLE)
found for witness bears South 21'’03’00” East, 0.56 feet;
THENCE South 02'’08’44" West, along the common line of said 97.277-acre tract and said
Lakeview Ranch Phase 1, a distance of 379.85 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod with plastic cap
stamped “KHA” set for corner;
THENCE South 1 '’35'08'’ West, continuing along said common line, a distance of 664.20 feet to
a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the easternmost southeast corner of said 97.277-acre tract, common
to the northeast corner of B.F.E. Systems Addition, Lots 5R- 1 and 5R-2, an Addition to the City
of Denton, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in Document No. 2015-412, said Plat
Records;
THENCE North 88'’05'39" West, departing the westerly line of said Lakeview Ranch Phase 1
and along a southerly line of said 97.277-acre tract and along the northernly line of said B.F.E
Systems Addition (Lots 5R- 1 & 5R-2) and along the northerly line of B.F.E. Systems Addition,
Lots 1-A, 2-A & 5-A, an Addition to the City of Denton, Texas, according to the plat thereof
recorded in Document No. 2014- 125, said Plat Records, a distance of 712.73 feet to a point for
corner ;
THENCE North 87'’26'39" West, continuing along a southerly line of said 97.277-acre tract and
the northerly line of said B.F.E. Systems Addition (Lots 1-A, 2-A & 5-A) and along the northerly
line of Sierra Oaks Addition, an Addition to the City of Denton, Texas, according to the plat
thereof recorded in Document No. 2016-186, said Plat Records, and along the northerly line of
Jurado Addition, an Addition to the City of Denton, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded
in Document No. 2015-297, said Plat Records, a distance of 729.22 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod
found for the northwest corner of said Jurado Addition;
THENCE South 1 '’46’04" West, along the common line of said 97.277-acre tract and said Jurado
Addition and along the northerly right-of-way line ofBlagg Road (variable width right-of-way),
a distance of 985.12 feet to a 1/2-inch iron rod found for the southernmost southeast corner of
said 97.277-acre tract, common to the southeast corner of said Jurado Addition;
THENCE North 88'’04'3 1 " West, along the common line of said 97.277-acre tract and said Blagg
Road, a distance of 619.58 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 52.589 acres
(2,290,756 square feet) of land, more or less.
Exhibit B – Planned Development Standards
PD24-0005
Walker Geesling – Planned Development (PD) District
General Planned Development Standards
For 52.6 Acres
City of Denton, Denton County, Texas
SECTION 1: Purpose.
The regulations set forth in these development standards are for the Overlay Planned Development
(PD) District as defined in Denton Development Code (DDC) Section 2.7.3C.1. The PD
encompasses a total of 52.6-acres described in Exhibit A (“Property”), Zoning Legal Description.
SECTION 2: Use Regulations.
The permitted uses shall be in accordance with the Light Industrial (LI) District, per the City of
Denton Development Code (DDC) Table 5.2.-A, as amended with the following exceptions:
The following uses are prohibited:
• Automotive Fuel Sales
• Automotive Repair, Major
• Automotive Repair, Minor
• Travel Plaza
• Hotel
• Motel
• Parking Lot as a Principal Use
SECTION 3: Development Standards.
Development within this PD shall comply with the Development Standards applicable to the Ll
Zoning District as provided for in the Denton Development Code, as amended. Additionally, all
development within this PD shall comply with the following:
Landscaping & Screening
A minimum 50-foot-wide landscape buffer shall be required adjacent to Blagg Road, the
existing residentially zoned properties, and properties in the City’s extraterritorial
jurisdiction located to the east and south as illustrated in Figure 1. This buffer shall contain
50 points worth of buffer planting or screening elements selected from Table 7.G in the
DDC. An 8’ tall masonry screening wall, if provided, may receive credit for buffer points
even if it is located further than 50’ from Blagg Road, the existing residentially zoned
properties, and properties in the City’s extratenitorial jurisdiction (as shown in Figure 1), if
the wall is located to provide screening between development on the subject property and
those residential properties shown in Figure 1. Any screening wall constructed shall be
outside of any Environmentally Sensitive Areas, and the wall shall be located far enough
from all healthy trees located within the 50-foot buffer such that the wall footing and
construction do not impact the critical root zone of all healthy trees within the buffer being
preserved.
Site & Building Design
All buildings shall be setback a minimum of 250 feet from Blagg Road, the existing
residentially zoned properties, and properties in the City’s extratenitorial jurisdiction located
to the east and south as illustrated in the Figure 1.
No structures shall exceed 55 feet in height.
Figure 1
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Min- 250’ Buildi.
Min. 50’ Landscape @
Access & Circulation
Driveways connecting to Blagg Road may be permitted; however, said driveways shall be
limited to personal vehicle access only; no commercial vehicles such as box trucks, semi-
tractor/trailers or similar size vehicles shall be allowed access. Signage indicating this
restriction must be installed internally on the property at least 50 feet in advance of the
driveway approach to notify commercial vehicle operators to not exit the site onto Blagg
Road
ESAs Procedures
The ESA compliance review for proposed developments within this PD District shall be
performed as part of a zoning compliance plan application pursuant to DDC, Subsection 2.5.1 :
Zoning Compliance Plan Review.