1963-004 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 13.12B OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE ~CITY OF DENTCE, TEXAS, SO AS TO
MORE CLEARLY LIMIT THE USES OF VACANT PROPERTY IN
ALL ZONING DISTRICTS~ AMENDING ARTICLE 13.22(e)(2)
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR SIDE
YARDS OF NOT LESS THAN TEN (10) FEET FOR GROUP
HOUSES AND COURT APARTMENTS IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS,
AND SO AS TO RF~UIRE SIDE YARDS OF NOT LESS TH~N
FIFTEEN (15) FEET FOR GROUP HOUSES AND COURT APART-
MBN~S WHERE ANY flTAZRWAY OPENS O~TO OR IS SERVED
BY SUCH SIDE YARD~I AMENDING ARTICLE 13.22(e)
OF THE CODN OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS, SO AS TO REQUIRE A SIDE YARD OF NOT LESS
TH~N FIFTEEN (15) IFEET ON THE STREET SIDE OF CORNER
LOTS IN ALL ZONING DZSTRICTS~ ADOPTION OF ARTICLE
13.23A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DE~TON, TEXAS, SO ',AS TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS AND
R~OULATIONS FOR SIGNS, BULLETIN BOARDS AND ADVER-
TISING DEVICES INITHE #R", #D", "A-i" AND "A-2" -
DWELLING DISTRICTS! AMENDING ARTICLE 13 25(a) OF
T~i~co~E oF OnDINANCES OF THE CITY UP DRHTON, TEXAS,
SO AS TO REQUIRE TWO (2) VEHICLE PARKING SPACES
EACH MEASURING NOT LESS THAN EIGHTEF~ (18) FEET IN
LENGTH AHD TEN FEET IN WIDTH FOR EACH APARTMenT IN
AN APARTMENT HOUSE IN THE "A-l" AND "A-2" - DWELLING
DISTRICTS, AND ALL OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE APART~_NT
HOUSES ARE LOCATED! AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CZTY OF DENTON HEREBY
~ That Article 13.12B of the COde of Ordinances
~e City of Denton, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended
of
so &s to hereafter read as followst
"(a) ~se
No building o~ structure shall be e~ected,
raisedt, moved, placed, extended, enlarged,
converted, constructed, re-constructed, or
structually altered~ and no building or
structure shall be used or designed to be used
or occupied for any purposes other than those
permitted by these regulations in the district
in which such building or structure is situ&ted~
and no land shall be used or occupied for any
purposes other than those permitted by these
regulations in the district in which such land
ia situated."
~ That ArticLe 13 22(e)(2) of the Code of Ordinances
of th~ City of Denton, TeXas, be, and the same is hereby amended
so as[to hereafter read as follows~
#(e) Side Yards
(2) In the case of group houses or cOurt apart-
me.ts, when buildings rear upon the side
yard, the width of the side yard shall be
not less than ten (10) feet, and such side
yard shall be increased by one foot for
sash building abutting thereon. If any
stairway opens onto or is served by such
ya=d, the minimumwidth of such side yard
shall be fifteen (15) feet.#
SECTI(~ 3. That Article 13.22(e)(5) of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton, TeXas, be, and the s~me is hereby, amended
so as~ to hereafter read as followss
# (e) si e
(5) On corner lots there shall be a side yard of
not less than fifteen (15) feet on the street
side of the lot, except in the case of side
street or reversed frontage (where corner lot
faces an intersecting street) in which case
there shall be a side yard on the street side
equal to the front yard on the lots in the
rear. No accessory building on said corner
shall project beyond the front yard line on
the lots in the rear This regulation shall
not be so interpreted as to reduce the building
, width of a corner lot facing an intersecting
street, and of record at the time of passage
of this ordinance to less than twenty-eight (28)
feet, nor to prohibit the erection of an acces-
sory building where the regulation cannot be
reasonably complied with #
, ~ That the Co~e of Ordinances of the City of Denton,
TeXas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to adopt Article
13 25A which shall hereafter read as followsz
"ARTICLE 13.23A REGULATIONS FOR SIGNS, BULLETIN BOARDS AND
ADVBR~ISING DEVICES
(a) #R# - DWELLING DISTRICT AND "D#- DWELLING DISTRICT
NO bulletin boards, signs or advertising
device of any kind or character shall be
~ermitted in the "R" - Dwelling District Or
#D" - Dwelling District except as follows.
' (1) Bulletin boards and signs, illuminated or other-
wise, but not of the flashing or intermittent
type for churches or schools only~ but such signs
shall not exceed thirty-six (36} square feet in
area when attached to the building or when erected
in any required yard spacel provided, however,
that no such sign shall be erected above the
height of the ground story of the building to
which it is relatedl and provided further, ~hat
no such sign shall be erected above or upon, or
be at~ched to the roof of any building.
(2) Temporary signs pertaining only to the sale, lease
or rental of the property upon which such sign is
located, and not exceeding eighteen (18) square
feet in area, but such signs shall be removed
from the premises by the agent and/or owner im-
mediately upon the sale, lease or rental of such
propertyl provided, however, that no such tempo-
rary sign shall advertise such premises for a
purpose or use for which it is not legally zoned
(3) Signs announcing or describing a legally approved
st~3~ivision or development when located within
the area incorporated in the approved plat or
develolxaent! provided, however, that no such
sign shall exceed two hundred (200) square feet
in are&~ end provided further, that the location
and number of such signs be approved by the
Planning end Zoning Commission at the time of the
approval of the plat for such subdivision or
develo~ent, and that any such signs shall be
place~ so as not to interfere with the occupancy
or use of any lots in the subdivision or develop-
ment, and that they shall be removed upon the
sale of eighty-five (85%) per cent of the lots
or ~wellings in the subdivision or develo~ent.
(4) One sign, not exceeding two (2) square feet in
area, not illuminated, may be attached to a
building housing a lawful customary home oc-
cupation, but no such sign shall be erected or
placed ,at any other place upon the premises.
(b) "A-l" - DWELLING DISTRICT AND "A-2# - DWELLING DISTRICT
No bulletin boards, signs or other advertising devices
of any kind or character shall be Permitted in the
"A-l" or "A-2" - Dwelling District except as followst
(1) Bulletin boards and/or signs Permitted in the
"R" and "D# - Dwelling Districts
(2) Signs and nameplates relating only to the neme
of the~apartment or hotel may be erected in
co~nection with apartment uses in the "A-I" and
#A-2" - Dwelling Districts, and hotel uses in
the "A-2" - Dwelling Districts where such signs
are attached to the structure with no p~rtion
thereof projecting more than (1) one foot into
any required yard space and not exceeding thirty-
six (36) square feet in area.
(3) One bulletin board or sign, illuminated or other-
wise, but not of the flashing or intermittent
type, and not exceeding eighteen (18) square
feet in area, may be attached to the building
in co~ection with all other uses permitted in
the "A-I" or "A-2" - Dwelling Districts except
single family dwellings or two family dwellings,
but no such sign shall be erected or placed at
any other place upon the premises
(c) UNO~OUPIED PROPERTY IN THE "R", "D#, "A-i" or "A-2"
DWELLING DISTRICTS
No bulletin boards, signs or other advertising devices
of any kind or character shall be ~ermitted on unoccu-
pied property in the "R', "D", "A-l", Or 'A-2" - Dwelling
Districts, except temporary signs pertaining only to
the sale, lease or rental of the property upon which
such sign is located, and not exceeding eighteen (18)
s~uare feet in area, but such signs shall be removed
fro~ the premises by the agent and/or owner immediately
upon the sale, lease or rental of such property! pro-
vided, however, that no such temporary sign shall ad-
vertise such premises for a purpose or use for which
it is not legally zoned.
(d) CONDITIONAL ~SBS
Bulletin boards, signs and/or other advertising devices
in connection with conditional uses shall be permitted
only to the extent that some may be expressly authorized
under the terms of the permit granted~ the Planning
and Zoning commission shall make specific recommendations
for appropriate regulation of bulletin boards, signs
and/or other advertising devices for every conditional
use permit application favorably recomaended to the
Board of Adjustment under the terms of Article 13.24 (b)(2).
S~CTIO~g 5. That Article 13.23(a) of the code of Ordinances
of the city of Denton, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended
so as to hereafter read as followsz
"(a) Off-Street ~arkinq Space
In all zoning districts there shall be provided, in
connection with the appropriate allowable uses, off-
street parking space in accordance with the require-
ments indicated in the following tablez
DTSTRICT I USE CLASSIFiCATiONS PARKING AREA RE~UTREMENTS
"A-l" Dwelling Dis- Single family and 180 square feet vehicle
trict two family parking space per family
per lot. (Enclosed or
#A-2" Dwelling Dis- open)
trier
Ail other districts Two (2) vehicle parking
where listed uses are Multiple family spaces each measuring
located, not less than eighteen
(18) feet in length and
ten (10) feet in width
for each apartment in
~ an apartment house
(Enclosed or open)
Group student houses 180 s~uare feet vehicle
(#A-2#- Dwelling Dis- parking space for each
trict) two occupants. (Enclosed
or open~"
SECTXC~ 6. That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upOn its passage.
PASSED A~D APPROVED this 12th day of February, A D 1963.
Mayor
City of Denton, Texas
ATTESJ~
City Seoretary
City of Denton, Texas
APPR~ED AS TO/LEGaL FO~Mz
~ty i A~o~n$~
Ci~M ~of Den~on~ ~exas
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 13.12B OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, SO AS TO
MORE CLEARLY LIMIT THE USES OF VACANT PROPERTY IN
ALL Z0~ING DISTRICTS~ AMENDING ARTICLE 13 22(e)(2)
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR SIDE
YARDS OF NOT LESS TH~N TEN (10) FE~T FOR GROUP
HOUSES AND COURT APARTM~-NTS IN ALL ~.ONING DISTRICTS,
AND SO AS TO REQUIRE SIDE YARDS OF NOT LESS TH~N
FIFTEEN (15) FE~T FOR GROUP HOUSES AND COURT APART-
MBNTS WHERE ANY STAIRWAY OPENS O~TO OR IS SERVED
BY SUCH SIDE YARD~ AMENDING ARTICLE 13 22(e)(5)
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS, SO AS TO REQUIRE A SIDE YARD OF NOT LESS
TH~N FIFTEEN (15) FEET ON THE STREET SIDE OF CORNER
LOTS IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS~ ADOPTION OF ARTICLE
13.23A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DENTON, TEDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS AND
REGULATIONS FOR SIGNS, BULLETIN BOARDS AND ADVER-
TISING DEVICES IN THE #Ret, "D", "A-l" AND "A-2" -
DWELLING DISTRICTS~ AMENDING ARTICL~ 13 23(a) OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
SO AS TO REQUIRE TWO (2} VEHICLE PARKING SPACES
EACH MEASURING NOT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN (18) FEET IN
T.~WGTH AND TEN FEET IN WIDTH FOR EACH APARTMENT IN
AN APAHTM~NT HOUSE IN THE "A-1# AND "A-2" - DWELLING
DISTRICTS, AND ALL OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE APARTMENT
HOUSES ARE LOCAT~D~ AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS~
SECTION 1. That Article 13 12B of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended
so as to hereafter read as follows~
"(a) use
NO building or structure shall be erected,
raised, moved, placed, extended, enlarged,
converted, constructed, re-constructed, or
structually altered~ and no building or
structure shall be used or designed to be used
or occupied for any purposes other than those
permitted by these regulations in the district
in which such building or structure is situated,
and no land shall be used or occupied for any
purposes other than those permitted by these
regulations in the district in which such land
is situated"
~ That Article 13 22(e)(2) of the code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended
so as to hereafter read as follows
"(e) Side Yards
(2) In the case of group houses or court a~art-
ments, when buildings rear upon the side
yard, the width of the side yard shall be
not less than ten (10) fee~, and such side
yard shall be increased by one foot for
each building abutting thereon. If any
stairway opens onto or is served by such
yard, the minimumwidth of such side yard
shall be fifteen (15) feet"
~ That Article 13 22(e)(5) of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended
so as to hereafter read as follows
"(e) Side Yards
(5) On corner lots there shall be a side yard of
not less than fifteen (15) feet on the street
side of the lot, except in the case of side
street or reversed frontage (where corner lot
faces an intersecting street) in which case
there shall be a side yard on the street side
equal to the front yard on the lots in the
rear. No accessory building on said corner
shall project beyond the front yard line on
the lots in the rear. This regulation shall
not be so interpreted as to reduce the building
width of a corner lot facing an intersecting
street, and of record at the time of passage
of this ordinance to less than twenty-eight (28)
feet, nor to prohibit the erection of an acces-
sory building where the regulation cannot be
reasonably complied with"
SECTION 4~ That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton,
Te~ms, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to adopt Article
13 23A which shall hereafter read as follows:
"ARTICLE 13 23A REGULATIONS FOR SIGNS, BULLETIN BOARDS AND
ADVERTISING DEVICES
(a) "R# - DWELLING DISTRICT AND "D"- DWELLING DISTRICT
No bulletin boards, signs or advertising
device of any kind or character shall be
permitted in the #R" - Dwelling District or
#D" - Dwelling District except as follows
(1) Bulletin boards and signs, illuminated or other-
wise, but not of the flashing or intermittent
type for churches or schools only! but such signs
shall not exceed thirty-six (36) square feet in
area when attached to the building or when erected
in any required yard space~ provided, however,
that no such sign shall be erected above the
height of the ground story of the building to
which it is related, and provided further, ~hat
no such sign shall be erected above or upon, or
be attached to the roof of any building.
(2) Temporary signs pertaining only to the sale, lease
or rental of the property upon which such sign is
located, and not exceeding eighteen (18) square
feet in area, but such signs shall be removed
frc~ the premises by the agent and/or owner im-
mediately upon the sale, lease or rental of such
property~ provided, however, that no such tempo-
rary sign shall advertise such premises for a
purpose o~ use for which it ia not legally zoned
(3) Signs announcing or describing a legally approved
subdivision or development when located within
the area incorporated in the approved plat or
development~ provided, however, that no such
sign shall exceed two hundred (200) square feet
in area! and provided further, that the location
and nu~be~ of such signs be approved by the
Planning and Zoning Commission at the time of the
approval of the plat for such subdivision or
development, and that any such signs shall be
placed so as not to interfere with the occupancy
or uae of any lots in the subdivision or develop-
ment, and that they shall be removed upon the
sale of eighty-five (85%) per cent of the lots
or dwellings in the subdivision or development
(4) One sign, not exceeding two (2) square feet in
area, not illuminated, may be attached to a
building housing a lawful customary home oc-
cupation, but no such sign shall be erected or
placed at any other place upon the premises.
(b) "A-l" - DWELLING DISTRICT AND "A-2" - DWELLING DISTRICT
No bulletin boards, signs or other advertising devices
of any kind or character shall be permitted in the
"A-l" or "A-2" - Dwelling District except as follows
(1) Bulletin boards and/or signs permitted in the
"R" and "D" - Dwelling Districts.
(2) Signs and nameplates relating only to the name
of the apartment or hotel may be erected in
connection with apartment uses in the "A-i" and
"A-2" - Dwelling Districts, and hotel uses in
the #A-2# - Dwelling Districts where such signs
are attached to the structure with no portion
thereof projecting more than (1) one foot into
any required yard space and not exceeding thirty-
six (36) square feet in area.
(3) One bulletin board or sign, illuminated or other-
wise, but not of the flashing or intermittent
type, and not exceeding eighteen (18) s~uare
feet in area, may be attached to the building
in connection with all other uses ~ermitte~ in
the #A-l" or "A-2" - Dwelling Districts except
single family dwellings or two family ~wellings,
but no such sign shall be erected or placed at
any other place upon the premises
(c) UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY IN THE "R", "D", #A-l" Or "A-2" -
DWELLING DISTRICTS
Bo bulletin boards, signs or other advertising devices
of any kind or character shall be ~ermitted on unoccu-
pied property in the "R", "D", #A-1#, or "A-2" - Dwelling
Districts, except temporary signs pertaining only to
the sale, leese or rental of the property upon which
such sign is looate.~, and not exceeding eighteen (18)
square feet in area, but such signs shall be removed
from the premises by the agent and/or owner immediately
upon the sale, lease or rental of such property! pro-
vided, hOwever, that no such temporary sign shall ad-
vertise such premises for a purpose or use for which
it is not legally zoned.
(d) CONDITIONAL USBS
Bulletin boards, signs and/or other advertising devices
in connection with conditional uses shall be permitted
only to the extent that some may be expressly authorized
under the terms of the permit granted~ the Planning
and Zoning Coaaaission shall make specific recommendations
for appropriate regulation of bulletin boards, signs
and/or other advertising devices for every conditional
use pemit application favorably recommended to the
Board of Adjustment under the terms of Article 13.24 (b)(2)"
~ That Article 13 23(a) of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended
so as to hereafter read as follOws
"(a) Off-Street Parkinq Space
In all zoning districts there shall be provided, in
connection with the appropriate allOwable uses, off-
street parking space in accordance with the require-
ments indicated in the following table
DZSTR~CT USE CLASSiFiCATIONS PARKING AREA I~EOUIRF~ENTS
"A-i" Dwelling Dis- Single family and 180 square feet vehicle
trict two family parking space per family
per lot. (Enclosed or
#A-2" Dwelling Dis- open)
trict
Ail other districts Two (2) vehicle parking
where listed uses are Multiple family spaces each measuring
located, not less than eighteen
(18) feet in length and
ten (10) feet in width
for each apartment in
an apartment house.
(Enclosed or open)
Group student houses 180 square feet vehicle
("A-2#- Dwelling Dis- parking space for each
trict) two occupants. (Enclosed
or open)"
SECTXC~ 6. That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage.
PASSED AND APPRO~ this 12th day of February, A D 1963.
Mayor
City of Denton, Texas
ATTE S~z
City Secretary
city of Denton, Texas
APPR~D AS TO/~G~ FO~
~ty Attorney
City of Denton, Texas