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AN OR.DINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING SUBCHAPTER
35.5.7.3 OF THE DENTON DEVELOPMENT CODE, "GENERAL REGULATIONS", TO
CHANGE THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO IN THE INDUSTRIAL CENTER —
GENE L ZONING DISTRICT FROM 0.4 TO 2.0, IN THE CITY OF DENTON, DENTON
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$2,000.00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, SEVE BILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREA5, the City of Denton has recognized that the existing Floar Area Ration
(FAR} of 0.4 for the Industrial Center — General (IC-G) zoning district, as it appears in
Subsection 35.5.7.3 of the Denton Development Code (66DDC"}, is substantial lower than the
FAR for less intense zoning districts; and
WHEREAS, after praviding natice and after conducting a public hearing an April 9,
2014 as required by law, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval af the
amendment to Subsection 35.5.7.3 of the DDC by a vote af 7-0; and
WHEREAS, after providing notice and after conducting a public hearing on May 6, 2014
as required by law, the City Council finds that the change is cansistent with the Denton Plan and
the criteria in the DDC; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The iindings and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are
incorporated herein by reference as true.
SECTION 2. The Maximum Floor Area Ratio in the Industrial Center — General zoning
district as it appears in Subsection 35.5.7.3, is hereby changed from 0.4 to 2.0.
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ardinance or the application thereaf to any person
or circumstance is held invalid by any court, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of other
provisians or applications, and ta this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. Any persan violating any provision of this ardinance shall, upon
conviction, be fined a sum nat exceeding $2,000.00. Each day that a provision of this ordinance
is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
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.
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