2017-272AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF
FEES CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE 2017-073 BY AMENDING THE PUBLIC HEARING
NOTIFICATION FEE AS AUTHORIZED BY THE DENTON DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council directed staff to implement recommendations to improve
the City's public hearing notification practices; and
WHEREAS, the cost for mailing public hearing notices, mailing courtesy postcards
notices, and publication of legal notices in the newspaper have increased; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered an increase in public hearing notification
fees; and has determined that having the applicant pay the actual cost for all notifications is in
the public interest and benefits the citizens of the City of Denton; NOW THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
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The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are
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incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance in conflict herewith,
but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance shall be in conflict; and as to all other
sections of the ordinance not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby
made cumulative except as to such prior ordinances or portions thereof as are expressly
repealed hereby,
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SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, phrase or word in this
ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
ordinance, and City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have enacted
such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall become effective on October 1, 2017.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the M qday of 2017.
4,,V,i i\ TTS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
AI IROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
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