Minutes January 09, 2002CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
January 9, 2002
The City of Denton City Council held an Informational Briefing Session on Wednesday, January
9, 2002 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall.
PRESENT:
Mayor Brock; Mayor Pro Tem Beasley; Council Members Burroughs, Fulton,
McNeill, Phillips, and Redmon.
ABSENT: None
1. The Council received a report, held a discussion, and gave staff direction regarding the
draft Development Code.
Dave Hill, Assistant City Manager for Development Services, stated that Council had agreed to
organize map issues according to categories. Category A dealt with significant increase or
decrease in zoning with no change per council policy; Category B dealt with zoning change that
necessitated a comprehensive plan amendment; Category C dealt with justified corrections; and
Category D dealt with small increases or decreases in zoning.
Council discussed the relationship between the Comprehensive Plan and the Development Code.
Language dealing with special exceptions would be expanded in order to be more easily
understood by the public.
Council considered the mapping issues as indicated in the attached chart. Category C items had
already been changed. Council made decisions on Category D items as noted on the chart. The
downtown designation would be taken out of L6.
Changes for Category B items required a Denton Plan amendment and could not be done in this
format as a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission was needed. A review of
Category B items showed that numbers 28, 32, 33, and 36 were already done. Item #20 was going
before the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Council Member Burroughs suggested considering the rest as a whole after approval of the
Code. Consensus of Council was to follow that suggestion and consider it as a long range
planning issue review. The reviews would be city-initiated issues.
Council considered Category A issues. Consensus of the Council on these issues was noted on the
attached chart. Council also agreed that the Denton Bible Church would be changed to NRMU.
Commercial outdoor recreational would be allowed in all residential areas and staff would make
changes to reflect proper uses.
Council held a discussion regarding a vote on the Code scheduled for January 15th. It was
decided to postpone consideration until February 5th and have a review period built into the
ordinance for a mandatory review in a specific amount of time. A work session would be held
January 15th at 4:30 p.m. to consider remaining issues.
2. The City did not adjourn into a Closed Meeting on any item on its Open Meeting agenda
consistent with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:25 p.m.
City of Demon City Council Minutes
January 9, 2002
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EUL1NE BROCK, MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS