2013-183s:llegallour documentslordinances113\dca13-OOOl.doc
o�rNaNCE 2013-183
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, REGARDING AMENDING
SUBCHAPTER 35.5.8 OF THE DENTON DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING
LIMITATION L(17); PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY 1N THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
$2,000.00 FOR VIOLATIONS, THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2002-040 the City Council of the City of Denton,
Texas adopted the Denton Development Code (the "Development Code"); and
WHEREAS, in connection with maintainin�g the intent of the limitation, the protection of
the neighborhood, while removing the barrier that would preclude development in those
instances where development can be successfully integrated into the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, after providing notice and after conducting a public hearing on June 26,
2013 as required by law, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of certain
changes to Subchapter 35.5 of the Denton Development Code; and
WHEREAS, after providing notice and after conducting a public hearing on July 16,
2013 as required by law, the City Council finds that the subject changes to the Development
Code are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and are in the public interest; 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. Section 35.5.8 of the DDC is amended to reflect the changes outlined in
Exhibit "A"; all other provisions within Section 35.5.8 not amended sha11 remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION 3. 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 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.
SECTION 5. 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 %�/iday of , 2013.
M A. BU OUG �S, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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Exhibit A
Limitation L(17) as it appears in Section 35.5.8 of the DDC shall be amended to read as follows:
L(17) = Uses that exceed twenty-five thousand (25,OOOZ square feet of �ross floor area
per use require approval of a SUP.