DCA21-0003aDCA21-0003a
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING THE DENTON
DEVELOPMENT CODE TABLE 3.5-C: HI DISTRICT DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AND
TABLE 3.5.5: SUMMARY TABLE OF OTHER NONRESIDENTIAL DIMENSIONAL
STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,000.00
FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE. (DCA21-0003)
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. DCA18-0009q, the City Council of the City of
Denton adopted the newly revised 2019 Denton Development Code, the ("DDC"); and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend DDC table 3.5-C: HI District Dimensional
Standards and table 3.5.5: Summary Table of Other Nonresidential Dimensional Standards;
specifically, to amend the building height maximum in the Heavy Industrial Zoning District from
75 to 140 feet; and
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2021, the Planning and Zoning Commission, in compliance
with the laws of the State of Texas; gave the requisite notices by publication, held due hearings
and recommended approval [5-0] of the amendment to the Denton Development Code; and
WHEREAS, on September 14, 2021, the City Council likewise conducted a public hearing
in accordance with local and state law and the City Council hereby finds that the subject
amendment to the building height maximum in the Heavy Industrial Zoning District is consistent
with the City's comprehensive plan, and federal, state, and local law are in best interests of the
City of Denton; 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 and found to be true.
SECTION 2. Section 2.6 of the Denton Development Code, specifically Subsection 2.6.3
is hereby amended as provided herein:
LUT DIMENSIONS
3.7-zA Minimum tot Dimensions
SETBACKS MINIMUM
I Front yard iv feet
Side yard 20 feet [s: j 3.7.3: 5etbacks
Rear yard 20 feet [s;]
Building height (ma)dmum) sy.)feet 3.7.5: Bui{diirgHeight
Building coverage (maxJmum) 85 percent 3.7_S: Su,YdingCoveroge
Notes:
[2f W ad?cent to a zoning district in the Residential category pursuant to Table 3.z-11_ Zoning District Designations, the
minimum se, back shall be zoo feet_
Lot area
Lot width
Lot depth
SEMACKS
Front yard
Side yard
UME13S1ANDARDS
10,000&ft 10,000 ,ft 2,500,%ft 5,000�Qft 20,000 ,ft None
None Prone 50 feet 50 feet 100 feet None
None None 50 feet 50 feet 200 feet None
10 feet 20 feet None 10 feet 10 feet None
5 feet [11 10 fee* [i) None [1] 5 feet 111 20 feet 121 5 feet
10 feet 111 15 feet fl ] 10 feet [1 ] None[l] 20 feet 121 10 feet
3.7.2A Minimum tot
Dimensions
3-7.3: Setbacks
Binding height
55 fee_ 111
100 feet [1]
100 feet 11]
75 feet [1]
140 feet
100 feet
3.7.5; Buifding
(maximum)
[31
131
Height
Budding
coverage
80 percent
80 percer!t
80 percent
85 percent.
85 percent
90 percent
3.7.6: Building
Coverage
(maximum)
Rotes:
[3.] Bbildings adjacent to a Residential zoning district shall comply with the standards in Subsection 7.10.6: Building Height in Transition
Areas.
[z] SNiiea adjacent to a zoning district in the Residential category pursuant to Table 3_a -A: Zoning District Designations, the minimum
setbackshall be 2oafeet
ra1 Additional heiaht may be allowed with a soecific use oermit pursuant to Subsection z.-;.2_SDeeific U52 Permit (SAPS_
SECTION 3. Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
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fine in sum not exceeding $2,000.00 for each offense. 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 the
provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 5. That an offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is
governed by prior law and the provisions of the Denton Development Code of Ordinances, as
amended, in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for
this purpose.
SECTION 6. In compliance with Section 2.09(c) of the Denton Charter, 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.
The motion to approve this ordinance was made by R\ i5p"\ and
seconded by1�,c- Lc f\-beL-k— , the ordinance was passed and approved by
the following vote [ -1 - _C?J:
Aye Nay Abstain Absent
Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor: _%I'll
Vicki Byrd, District 1: %/
Brian Beck, District 2:
Jesse Davis, District 3:
Alison Maguire, District 4:
Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5:
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
PASSED AND APPROVED this, the i H+!D day of Se At4y-%be-c- , 2021.
i
GERARD HUdSPETH, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL, FORM:
CATHERINE CLIFTON, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
BY:� t,
Hilary Negron
2021.09.14
09:20:20 -05'00'
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