Minutes October 13, 2004CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
October 13, 2004
Joint Meeting of the City of Denton City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission on
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 11:30 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room.
CITY COUNCIL PRESENT:
CITY COUNCIL ABSENT:
PLANNING AND ZONING PRESENT:
PLANNING AND ZONING ABSENT:
Mayor Brock; Mayor Pro Tem McNeill; Council
Members Kamp, Mulroy, and Thomson.
Council Members Montgomery and Redmon
Commissioners Watkins, Strange, Holt, and Roy.
Commissioners Noble, Thibodaux, and Powell.
1. The Council and Commission received a report, held a discussion, and gave staff
direction regarding Denton Development Standards.
Kelly Carpenter, Director of Planning and Development, presented an update on the Denton
Development Code. Council had asked for a briefing on residential development to include
density, design value and future growth and development. Information would be provided on
existing conditions and trends, current city policies and regulations benchmarking data with
other cities and policy issues. The Denton Plan Residential Use Principles included preservation
of neighborhoods, promotion of a diverse housing stock and the limitation of sprawl. She
reviewed other cities' residential development regulations as compared to Denton's residential
development regulations. Those statistics were located in the agenda backup materials. Actions
to affect single-family to multifamily ratio included increasing citywide average densities for
single-family and multi-family developments, work with the universities to increase on-campus
housing, place a moratorium on multi-family development, and housing affordability (increase
design standards and construction costs).
Commissioners Noble and Thibodeaux joined the meeting.
Charts were presented showing agricultural zoning in 2002, changes from agricultural to NR-4
zoning in 2002, existing NR-4 zoning in 2004, existing NR-6 zoning in 2004, NRMU-12 zoning
in 2004, existing undeveloped NR-4 to NRMU zoning in 2004. Design standards was the next
category discussed with Carpenter reviewing housing features available in Denton subdivisions.
Factors influencing housing values included regulations, land availability, proximity to
employment, access to employment, access to transportation, availability of infrastructure, access
or proximity to open space, amenities, proximity to schools, and adjacent land uses. Factors
impacting development of higher value single-family housing included location to employment
centers, location to DFW Airport, proximity to high-paying jobs, infrastructure and road
network, school district, and market conditions.
Council discussion included: · Standards did not insure that denser development would provide quality
development.
· Districts might be available for high rise condos that would allow for higher
densities.
· Value of alleys in developments.
· Comparison of per capita income versus housing value.
· Building standards proposed would not increase the value of homes in Denton; it
merely would increase the cost of the homes
· Outside of the housing issue, potential homebuyers looked at what else the
community had to offer.
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Money needed to be spent to improve the roads in order to get in and out of
Denton quickly.
Tax exempt property drastically affected the type of housing Denton had and the
quality of housing Denton had.
Carpenter presented regulatory options for development, subdivision design elements, and
building standards.
Following the completion of the Joint Meeting, the City Council convened in a Work Session.
1. The Council received a report, held a discussion, and gave staff direction regarding
proposed ordinances, procedures and programs related to property appearance and Code
Enforcement.
Captain Joannie Housewright, Denton Police Department, presented information regarding a
comprehensive review of the ordinances, procedures and programs related to property
appearance and Code Enforcement. Staff had prepared a matrix of the issues that included a list
of proposed changes to address each of the issues; the perceived positive and negative aspects of
each proposed change; and the required action to implement each change.
Council discussed the items found in Appendix A of the agenda backup. · Junked vehicles Items #1-#3 - proceed as presented.
· Grass and Weeds Items #4-#8 - reword items #6 and #7
· Trash and Debris Items #9-#10 - proceed as presented
· Stagnant Water Items #11-#12 - revise #11 and #12 and put with the
environmental issues
· Fences Item #13 - staff will readdress this issue
· Enforcement Procedures Items #14-#16 - violation procedures - limit to one 7
day notice and then deferred adjudication with abatement - allow for unusual
circumstances - rest of provisions were acceptable - hold Item #15 for the next
discussion time.
· Enforcement Procedures Item #16 - proceed as presented
· Graffiti Item #22 - proceed as presented
· Other Abatement Strategies Item #26 - proceed as presented
The remaining items would be discussed at a future meeting.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned 2:30 p.m.
JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
EUL1NEBROCK
MAYOR
CITY OFDENTON, TEXAS