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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS REGARDING A CHANGE IN THE
ZONING DISTRICT AND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM MIXED USE REGIONAL (MR)
TO A GENERAL OFFICE (GO) DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY 88.71 -ACRES
GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF W. UNIVERSITY DRIVE
APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET EAST OF MARSHALL ROAD, IN THE CITY OF DENTON,
DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS; ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S OFFICIAL
ZONING MAP; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,000.00
FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE. (Z21 -0003b)
WHEREAS, Aimee Bissett of 97 Land Company, on behalf of the property owners ARI
LAND, LTD, CWR1 LAND, LTD, PBC 14 AR LAND LTD & CROW-BILLINGSLEY UMF
PLANO, LTD, has submitted a request to rezone approximately 88.71 acres of land from Mimed
Use Regional (MR) District to General Office (GO) District, legally described in Exhibit "A" and
depicted in Exhibit "B", all attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (hereinafter, the
"Property"); and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2021, the Planning and Zoning Commission, in compliance
with the laws of the State of Texas, have given the requisite notices by publication and otherwise,
and have held due hearings and afforded full and fair hearings to all property owners interested in
this regard, and have recommended approval (5-0) of the request; and
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2021, the City Council likewise conducted a public hearing
as required by law, and Ends that the request meets and complies with all substantive and
procedural standards set forth in Section 2.7.2 of the Denton Development Code, and is consistent
with the Denton Plan 2030 and the Denton Development Code;
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council of the City of
Denton, in considering the application for establishing a zoning district for the Property, have
determined that the proposed use is in the best interest of the health, safety, morals, and general
welfare of the City of Denton, and accordingly, the City Council of the City of Denton is of the
opinion and finds that said zoning change is in the public interest and should be granted as set forth
herein; NOW THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Endings and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are
incorporated herein by reference and found to be true.
SECTION 2. The zoning district and use classification for the Property is hereby changed
to General Office (GO) District.
SECTION 3. The City's official zoning map is hereby amended to show the established
zoning district and use classification.
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. 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
fine in a 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 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 j , ok-^ &ZC,4- and
seconded by U ; GV.: '3�j C CL , the ordinance was passed and approved by
the following vote [3_ - 01:
PASSED AND APPROVED this the Z'� day of NOye(Y\69,( , 2021.
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NNa!L Abstain Absent
Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor:
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Vicki Byrd, District 1:
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Brian Beck, District 2:
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Jesse Davis, District 3:
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Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5:
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Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
PASSED AND APPROVED this the Z'� day of NOye(Y\69,( , 2021.
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
Hilary Negron
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Exhibit "A"
Legal Description
Lot 1, Block A, Selwyn School Addition, an addition to the City of Denton, Denton County,
Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded under County Clerk's Document Number 2014-
213, Plat Records, Denton County, Texas.
Exhibit "B"
Property Location