ESA Field Assessment Checklist
Environmental Services
901 A Texas Street, Denton, TX 76201 (940) 349-7135
Updated 5/11/2021 ESA Field Assessment Checklist 1
Environmentally Sensitive Area Field Assessment Checklist
The following items must be submitted for the application to be considered complete.
Section 1: Items to be Submitted
☐ 1.1 Copy of Deed(s) or Owner Authorization Letter
☐ 1.2 A completed Temporary Right of Entry for Environmental Assessment form, found at
the end of this checklist.
☐ 1.3 Associated Fee(s) as listed on the Development Review Fee Schedule
☐ 1.4 ESA Field Assessment Report(s) appropriate for each ESA type and feature assessed.
Blank ESA Field Assessment Report forms can be found on the ESA webpage. A
project narrative following the standards provided in Section 2. Site map(s) following
the standards provided in Section 3.
☐ 1.5 A shapefile of the determined location of ESAs, as defined in the DDC and through
the ESA Field Assessment procedure. More information on determining the location
and boundaries of ESAs can be found in the ESA Primer, located on the ESA
webpage. Please note, this file type cannot be uploaded directly to ProjectDox. You
may email the file(s) directly to the Environmental Compliance Coordinator.
The following protocols are to be used when mapping the boundaries of the ESA and
providing the data:
Provide an ESRI Geographic Information System layer (shapefile) with
metadata showing the GPS unit accuracy. The following geographic
information must be used:
Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983
Datum: D_North_American_1983
Prime Meridian: Greenwich
Angular Unit: Degree
Projected Coordinate System:
NAD_1983_StatePlane_Texas_North_Central_FIPS_4202_Feet
Projection: Lambert_Conformal_Conic
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Environmental Services
901 A Texas Street, Denton, TX 76201 (940) 349-7135
Updated 5/11/2021 ESA Field Assessment Checklist 2
Section 2: Project Narrative
Provide a project narrative with a detailed description of the assessment, including, but not
limited to:
☐ 2.1 Qualifications of the professional who performed the assessment.
☐ 2.2 A list and description of the ESAs. For complex systems you are strongly encouraged
to provide a naming system (e.g. S1, S2 for each stream segment).
☐ 2.2a List ESAs shown to potentially be located within the property boundaries,
as indicated on the Official City of Denton ESA Map.
☐ 2.2b List ESAs that were assessed, indicating those ESAs that were found to
exist and those that were found to not exist.
☐ 2.3 Supporting evidence and reason for the designation (is or is not an ESA) for each ESA
feature that was assessed.
Section 3: Site Map
Provide a site map, or depending on the size of the property a series of maps, using the following
standards to clearly show the location of the ESAs on the property:
☐ 3.1 The location and boundaries of each ESA:
☐ 3.1a Shown to potentially exist, as indicated on the Official City of Denton
ESA Map.
☐ 3.1a The determined location and boundaries of the ESAs that were assessed.
Include and indicate those ESAs that were determined to not exist.
☐ 3.2 North arrow, written and graphic scale, and vicinity map.
☐ 3.3 Provide a legend if any symbols or abbreviations are used on the map.
☐ 3.4 A title block located in the lower right-hand corner of the exhibit sheet containing:
Date of preparation; project name; city assigned project number; exhibit preparer
name, address, and phone number; owner and/or developer name, address, and phone
number; subdivision name, block and lot.
DCAD # Parcel No.
Property Owner Name
Project Name Project No
CITY OF DENTON
TEMPORARY RIGHT OF ENTRY
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
STATE OF TEXAS §
§ KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS
COUNTY OF DENTON §
That the undersigned, hereinafter referred to as “Grantor,” for valuable consideration, does by these
presents grant and convey to the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, herein after
referred to as “Grantee,” a temporary right of entry onto property described as
(Legal Description) at (Street
Address) City of Denton, Denton County, Texas, hereinafter referred to as the “Property,” for the
purpose of conducting environmental assessments, including but not limited to walking the area,
GIS points, taking pictures, small sampling of seeds and/or leaves, and geotechnical testing (small
soil cores). Upon execution of this agreement, Grantor will grant Grantee access to the Property for
the purpose stated herein, until such time as the purpose is completed and approved by the Grantee, at
which time the above described temporary right of entry ipso facto terminates without further action
of either party.
This Right of Entry shall include the right of Grantee and its employees, agents, representatives, or
contractors to access the aforementioned property.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described right of entry, together with all and singular, the rights
and appurtenances thereto, anywise belonging unto the said Grantee, is successors and assigns, for the
purposes set forth above.
EXECUTED this the ______ day of ______________, 20__.
GRANTOR:
(Please Print) (Signature)
(Authorization Title)