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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. City of Denton City Council Minutes October 13, 2004 Page 2 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