1993-033is\wpdoc9\ord\1andev.o
NOTE: Amended by 94-039
ORDINANCE NO. 3 G 3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE II OF
CHAPTER 34 ENTITLED SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BY CHANGING
SECTION 34-38 RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS IN
THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION TO DEFINE AND CLASSIFY TWO DIS-
TINCT DIVISIONS WITH DIFFERING RULES, REGULATIONS AND PLATTING RE-
QUIREMENTS SEPARATED BY A REGULATORY LINE TO BE PERIODICALLY RE-
VIEWED AND UPDATED; PROVIDING FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS
THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 212.003 of the Texas Local Government Code
allows the City of Denton to extend rules governing plats, sub-
divisions and other ordinances relating to access to public roads
to the City's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, Section 212.0045 of the Texas Local Government Code
allows the City of Denton to define and classify divisions of land
within the City's jurisdiction and not require platting for every
division of land; and
WHEREAS, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of
Denton extends for three and one-half miles from the corporate
limits and beyond the boundaries of the Greater Denton Planning
Area (GDPA) as defined in the Denton Development Plan and beyond
the area defined in the City's Certificate for Convenience and
Necessity (CCN) issued by the State of Texas pursuant to V.T.C.A.,
Water Code Section 13.242 relating to the City's supplying of water
and wastewater services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton has prepared a map of the City's
extraterritorial jurisdiction indicating a regulatory line, fol-
lowing, insofar as possible, the boundaries of the GDPA and CCN,
beyond which services from the City will be very limited; and
allowing such area to develop pursuant to the regulations of the
County of Denton; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS;
SECTION I. That Section 34-38 entitled "Development standards
and requirements in the extraterritorial jurisdiction" of Chapter
34 relating to Subdivision and Land Development of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that here-
after such section shall read as follows:
See. Development standards and requirements in the extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
(a) The Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City of Denton is
classified into two (2) divisions as indicated on the map reflected
in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof for all
purposes. Division 1 is that area located within the regulatory
line reflected on the map referenced above. Division 2 is that
area on the map located outside the regulatory line defined in
Division 1.
(i) All of the provisions of this chapter governing sub-
division and development standards for subdivisions
within the city shall apply to all subdivisions and
developments within Division 1.
(ii) The subdivision and development standards of the County
of Denton, as such standards exist today or as they may
hereafter be amended, shall apply to all subdivisions
and developments within Division 2. The approval of
plats by the City for subdivisions and developments in
the extraterritorial jurisdiction comprising Division
2 is not required and such subdivisions and develop-
ments must comply only with development or plat re-
quirements of Denton County and state law.
(b) The Planning and Development Department is directed to
consider amendments to the regulatory line map whenever the certi-
ficate of public convenience and necessity for water and wastewater
services is amended by the State, the Greater Denton Planning Area
as defined in the Denton Development Plan is revised, or when dir-
ected by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council but
such amendments shall not be effective until the revised regulatory
line map is approved by the City Council.
SECTION II. That the regulatory line map reflecting Division
1 and Division 2 of the extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be
subject to review by the public in the Planning and Development
Department.
SECTION III. That any person violating any provision of this
ordinance shall be enjoined pursuant to the authority granted the
City of Denton, Texas, by Section 212.003 of the Texas Local Gov-
ernment Code as same exists today or may hereafter be amended, and
such person shall be subject to the sanctions and civil penalties
allowed the City under V.T.C.A. Local Government Code Section
54.011, as amended.
SECTION IV. That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen (14) days from the date of its passage, and the City
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Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance
to be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the
date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the o?Ad day of , 1993.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY ~2 a
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