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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-028
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR A ZONING
CHANGE FROM A DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL 1 (DR-1) ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION AND USE DESIGNATION TO A DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL 2 (DR-
2) ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION AND USE DESIGNATION WITH AN
OVERLAY, ON APPROXIMATELY 0.51 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF FANNIN STREET AND WEST OF AVENUE A; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF,
SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE (Z10-0013).
WHEREAS, Chris Watts, has applied for a change in zoning for approximately 0.51
acres of land legally described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference (hereinafter, the "Property") from a Downtown Residential 1 (DR-1) zoning district
classification and use designation to a Downtown Residential 2 (DR-2) zoning district
classification and use designation; and
WHEREAS, on January 19, 2011, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended
approval of the change in zoning, subject to an overlay district further limiting the Property to
only those residential uses which are allowed by the DR-2 base zoning.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the change is consistent with the Denton Plan
and the Development Code; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are
incorporated herein by reference as true.
SECTION 2. The zoning district classification and use designation for the Property is
hereby changed from Downtown Residential 1 (DR-1) to Downtown Residential 2 (DR-2), with
an overlay further limiting the Property to only those residential uses allowed in the DR-2 base
zoning. Notwithstanding the attached real property description, the property being rezoned
includes all property to the centerline of all adjacent street rights-of-way.
SECTION 3. The City's official land use map is amended to show the change in the land
use designation.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance is held invalid by any court, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of other
provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
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SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 daily newspaper published in the City of
Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the I- day of , 2011.
UGHS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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BY.
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Wattam Addition, Lot 3, Block 3
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EXHIBIT B
LOCATION MAP