1997-092A \Z-97-001 ORE)
ORDINANCE NO. ~g--O?~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, APPROVING A SPECIFIC USE
PERMIT ALLOWING THE OPERATION OF A HALFWAY HOUSE/HOME FOR CARE OF
ALCOHOLIC, NARCOTIC OR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS ON A 1.97 ACRE TRACT
LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY SIX
HUNDRED (600) FEET WEST OF CINDY LANE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Mr. Richard Gibbons, on behalf of Starting Over, Inc,
initiated a change in zoning for a 1.97 acre tract of land from the
Agricultural (A) zoning district classification and use designation
to the Light Industrial (LI) zoning district classification and use
designation, and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 1997, the Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended approval of the change from the Agricultural
(A) zoning district and use classification to the Light Industrial
(LI) zoning district and use classification; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the usage desired by
applicant can be accomplished by the adoption of the attached site
plan and the issuance of an appropriate specific use permit without
rezoning the sub]ect property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the conditions set forth
in Article III, Division 4, of Chapter 35 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton, Texas, relating to the issuance of specific
use permits have been met; NOW, THEREFORE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the issuance of a specific use permit
authorizing the operation of a Halfway House/Home for care of
alcoholic, narcotic or psychiatric patients on 1.97 acres of land
located on the south side of University Drive, approximately slx
hundred (600) feet west of Cindy Lane and more particularly
described and incorporated herein as Exhibit A and conditioned by
the site plan attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit
"B", is hereby approved.
S~CTION II. That any person violating any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding
$2,000.00. Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
SECTION III. That 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 dally
newspaper published in the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10)
days of the date of its passage.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT A
1 97 ACRES, MORE OR LESS
FIELD NOTES to all that certain tract of land situated in the William Bryan
Survey Abstract Number 148 of Denton County, Texas and being all of the 2 acre
tract described in the deed from John L Davldson to Eleanor Jean Dav~dson
recorded in Volume 832, Page 816 of the Deed Records of Denton County, Texas
which is also a part of the called 6 000 acre Tract I described in the deed from
Ben M Durr et ux to Tony Greaves et ux recorded ~n Volume 1234, Page 506 of the
Deed Records of Denton County, Texas, the subject tract being more particularly
described as follows
BEGINNING for the Northeast corner of the called 6 000 acre Tract I also being
the Northeast corner of the said 2 acre tract at an iron rod on the South l~ne of
the r~ght-of-way of U S Highway 380,
THENCE South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes West with the East l~ne of the 2 acre tract a
distance of 485 1 feet, more or less, to a fence corner post at the Southeast
corner thereof and the Southeast corner of the 6 000 acre Tract I,
THENCE North 88 Degrees 49 Minutes West along the said fence with the South l~ne
of the 6 000 acre Tract I a d~stance of 177 2 feet, more or less, to a set nail
at a fence corner,
THENCE North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East along the fence severing the 6 000 acre
Tract I a d~stance of 487 5 feet, more or less, to a fence corner post at the
Northwest corner of the 2 acre tract in the South l~ne of U S H~ghway 380,
THENCE South 88 Degrees 00 Minutes East with the South line of U S Highway 380 a
d~stance of 176 4 feet, more or less, to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and enclosing
1 97 acres, more or less
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