1961-015 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING T~HE ZONING AND USE DISTRICT MAP OF THE
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS~ AS IT APPLIES TO CERTAIN PROPERTY AT
THE INTERSECTION OF U. S. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY NO 35-E AND WEST
PRAIRIE STREET, AND MORE PARTIOULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SO AS
TO REMOVE TEE SAID PROPERTY FROM THE DWELLING DISTRICT, PLACING
THE SAME IN ~HE B~$INESS DISTRIOT, ~tD DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
THE OOUNOIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SE0.TION 1. That the Zoning and Use District Map of the City of Denton,
Texas, be amended as follows:
All of the hereinafter described property is hereby removed
from the Dwelling District as shown on said map, and all
provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Den%on and
the Zoning Map shall hereafter apply to said property as
Business District property and as other property located in
a Business District~
All that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the City
and County of Denton~ Texas, out of the E. Puchalski Survey,
Abstract No. 996, being part of a certain 84 acre tract in
said survey conveyed to Midland Life Insurance Co. to W. C.
Potter et ux 5-21-40 recorded in Vol. 284, Page 83, Deed
Records of Denton County, Texas. This tract being the North
5 364 acres of a residue tract out of said 84 acres lying
between the Santa Fe Railroad and Interstate Highway No. 35-E
and North of West Prairie Street, and being more particularly
described as follows~
~EG]NNING at a railroad rail set in the ground on the North
line of said 84 acre ~ract on the East right-of-way of said
Santa Fe Railroad at a point South 89° lC' East 1)!l!6.1 feet
from the Northwest corner of said 84 acre bract;
THENOE South 89° lC' East with the North line of said 84
acre tract 336.6 feet to a railroad rail set in the ground
on the West right-of-way of Interstate Highway No. 35-E;
TEENOE Seutheasterly with said right-of-way 319o0 feet along
a cu_~ve to the left %he radius of which is 5112.7 feet to a
corner at a point of a compound curve;
T~ENGE Southeasterly continuing with said right-of-way 390.0
feet along a curve to the left the radius of which is 4454.6
feet to an iron pin corner;
THENOE North 88° 34' West with %he North line of West Prairme
Street 563.3 feet to an iron pin corner,
THENOE North 22~ 24' West with the East right-of-way line of
said Santa Fe Railroad 579.6 feet to a railraod rail set in
the greund, the place of beginning.
.SEOTION 2. The City Ooumcil of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby finds
that such change is in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the purpose
of promoting the g~neral welfare of the Oity of Denton, and with reasonable
consideration, ~mong other things, for the character of the district and for
its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving
the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of such laud
for the maximum benefit to the City of Denton, Texas, and zts citizens.
BEOTION. 3. That this erdinance shall be in full force and effect
imme~iately after its passage and approval, the required public hearings
having heretofore been held by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the
City Oouncll.
PASSED AND APPROVED this llth day of July, A.D. 1961.
City of Denton, Texas
City gec~etary
0ity of Denton, Texas
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City of Denton, Texas