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Amended by Ordinance No. 2003-324 10/07/03 JR
Amended by Ordinance No. 2005-321 10/18/05 JR
ORDINANCE NO d
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 99-
265, TO CHANGE THE PERMITTED LAND USES FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
173 (PD-173) ZONING DISTRICT AND LAND USE CLASSIFICATION TO ALLOW THE
DRILLING, COMPLETING, OPERATING, REWORKING, RECOMPLETING AND
PRODUCING OF NATURAL GAS AND TO AMEND THE LANDSCAPING
REQUIRI~MENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, SAID PD-173 CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 2,275 ACRES AND IS COMMONLY KNOW AS ROBSON RANCH,
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF $2,000 00 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE (Z-01-0007)
WHEREAS, on August 3, 1999, by Ordinance 99-265, the City Council approved a
Concept Plan for approximately 2,275 acres located in the Planned Development 173 (PD-173)
Zoning District, as more particularly described therein, and
WHEREAS, geo-techmcal surveymg has indicated that it is hkely that deposits of natural
gas exist beneath smd 2,275 acres, and
WHEREAS, on April 23, 2001, Carter and Burgess, on behalf of Robson Denton
Development LLC, submitted a request to amend the Concept Plan for PD-173 to permit
activities lassoclated with the drilling for and extraction of natural gas and to revise the landscape
requirements for the district, and
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2001, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended
approval of the amended Concept Plan and zomng change, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
~ Ordinance No 99-265, providing for the approval ora Concept Plan for the
Planned Development 173 (PD-173) Zoning District Classification and Use Designation, is
hereby amended by approving the amended concept plan and documentation attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A for the entire Planned Development 173 (PD-173)
Zoning District Classification and Use Designation to allow for the dnllmg, completing,
operating, reworkang, recompletmg, and producing of natural gas, subject to the following
conditions
1 Lighting on the property shall be designed and mmntmned so as not to stune on or
otherwise disturb surrounding residential pmpetrty or to shine and project upward to
prevent the diffusion into the mght sky
2 Trees planted in the Outdoor Recreation, Parking, Gas Parks and street/right-of-way
land use areas will count towards the tree-planting requirements of the Residential,
Neighborhood Services and Community Service land use areas
3 All conditions and requirements m Exhibit A
~ The prowslons of this ordinance as they apply to the amendments herein
approved, shall govern and control over any conflicting prows~ons of Ordinance No 99-265, but
all the provisions of Orchnance No 99-265 as it apphes to the regulations of the district not
herein amended, shall continue in force and effect and shall apply to the remmnder of smd
district
~ A copy of tins ordinance shall be attached to Ordinance No 99-265
showing the amendment herein approved
SECTION 4 Any person violating any provision of tins ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding $2,000 00 Each day that a prowsion of this ordmance
is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct offense
S~ON 5 Tins ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of
~ts passag9, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of tins ordinance to be
published~ twine ~n the Denton Record Chromcle, official newspaper of the City of Denton,
Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage,
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /7 ~-day of~ ~~ ,2001
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFI~R WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY J~]
APPK~VED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT A
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~~~~ P R 0 P 0 S E D P D Z O N I N G
Dci,~[0~;llleH/ P,,¢0~l/~qtl01l~ RESIDENTIAL USES --
The ql'[ (Single bamll5 Luxun),
SbP (Single bamfl~ Pzcm~erc), ,md
SbC (Single b,umh Cas~t,0 catego-
ries penmt lhe £ollm~ang land uses
be a "nuxed use" res~dent~,'d de, el- · Single Fmml) Dwcllmg-Dctachcd
opment flint allo~ a ~ anety olr lm~d · Comxntunt) Umt Dexelopmem
uses that support the pnmanl5 rest- . Clnu'ch or Rector)
dermal m~d recreanonal land uses · Occas,onal Sales
The dexelopment of these land . Parks, Recre,mon, m~dOpenSp'~cc
fimtre market dem~u~ds and ensure · Acccssor} B,.uldmgs
compat~b~htx ot' l,'md u~es through ' Eleemcal Subst,mon
creative plamm~g Th~s Planned ElecmcalTr,'msnuss~on Faohnes
Dexelopmem D~stnct will ,41mx the ' F~cld or Consm~cuon Office
Fn-e Stauon or Pubhc Safe5 F,~aht)
following l,'md use cqtegomes Gas Trm~snuss~on Line
Gas Park
KI'L - Single l~.'uml~ I uxurx Home Occup,mon
ql' P - Single 1~amfl% Prem~e~ e Off Street Remote P-rtl, rog
ql~C -- Single l~,'umh C,tslt'x M,crm~a~cTowcr
SIvA -- Smgk l~alml', Villa S~vmmm~gPool
\II'2 - \hfln b,uml~ hxo Telephone S~v~tclmigorReh5 Sta
NS - Neighborhood Service nonorLmcs
CS - Commumn Senate · %Vatcr Well, Resenotr, or Pmnp-
OR - Omdoo~ Ret~,~t~on mgStanon
· Golf Co~c
p - P-u'kmg · Stablc~ located no closer fl~m~ 100
GP -- Gas Park feet from the nearest res,dermal
Swun or Temns Club
Tempor,'u3 Uses Related t Con
sm~cnon or Development
It ~, intended that tins Planned ' SewageP,.unpmgStataons
Development Dlstnct shall penmt Water Booster Stanons
the following uses t'or each l,'md use ' Farm m~d Rmich, for fl~c ptuposc
category ~dennfied m this docu- ofnusmggam,horsesm,d/orcattle
REVISION- P & D
~~F~~ P R 0 P 0 S E D P D Z 0 N I N G
The SF¥ (Single balnll) Vdla) cat- 'l]~e M~2 (Mul. b,umb h~o) cat
ego~ pemn/s the fo]lo,sang land ego~ perm]ts the follosnng land
· T~5o Fmxfl) ~vc~]g-Auachcd * Mtfluplc Fmafl) D~sc~g or Ap~
· ~lmntuu~ Umt Dcx clopment merit
· ~ch or Rcc~oo * T~o FmcS) Dwe~- A~chcd
· Occ~lon~ S~cs * Conuntuu~ ~ntcr
· P~, Recx~on, m~d Open Space In~namons of Rch~otm or PIM
uses tl~op~c N a~e
· Aecessoq B~gs * Nt~smg Homc, Residents Home,
· ~ccmc~ Sttbst,t~on ~tcndcd C~e for fire ~ed
· ~ecmeM T~mmss~on Fac~aes hbr~
· Fl~d or Consm~c~on Officc * ~nmituu~ ~]acr
· ~e Sta~on or ~bhc Sdeq Fac~ * Sexwa~e hunpmg Stauon
· Gm Trmmmsswn ~e * ~nuncra~ P~xg
· Gas P~k * ~nmnuu5 UmtDc~clopmcm
· Home OccupaOon * On.ch or Rcctoo
Off S~cct Rcmolc P~g Occ~on~ S~cs
· M~o~ c To~cr P~ks, Rc~ca~on, ~d Opcn Spacc
· S~m~m~ Pool Uses
· Telephone S~dm~g or Rcla~ Sta Accesso~ B~fl~gs
~on or ~cs ~ccmc~ ~ubsta~on
· Water IVeR, Resenow, or I%n~ ~ecmc~Trm~snas~wnFac~ncs
ug Stroh F~dd or Consm~cnon O~ce
· Go~ ~wse F~c Stanon or h~bhc Bffc~ Fa~
· S~n or Temus Club Gas Tr,mmnss~on
· Tempor~ Uses Related to Con Gas P~k
s~lcRoll or Development Home Occupanon
· Se~ge ~nnpmg Sta~ons Off Smeet Remote P~g
· lVater Booster Stanons M~cro~ve Tower
· F~n m~d Rmxch, for fl~c ptw~sc S~xmm~g Pool
offing ~, horses m~&or c~e Telephone S~mtclm~g or Rela5 Sta
· Stables locmed no closer fl~ 2~ non or ~xes
feet from fl~e newest rcs~dcnu~ , Water IVcR, Rcse~o~, or
s~c~c mg StaUon
· Go~ Co~se
· ~n or Tcmus Club
· Tcm~r~ Uses Rd~cd ~o Con
sm~cUon or Development
· Hold
· Finn mxd R~cb, for fl~e p~se
of msmg ~, bones m~or c~e
· Stableslocatedno closer
feet from fl~e newest resMeuU~
Submmcd Jm~e 28 2001
~~~ P R 0 P 0 S E D P D Z 0 N I N G
NS (N ezghbol hood Sen tc c) \Vattr Restnotr, \Vatcr Ptunpmg
catego~ pernuts the follm~ng lm~d Stanon or~ e~
Water Treammnt Plm~t
* ~tm~ Club
* Go~ Cm~e
~:mntu~ Umt Dc~ clopmcnt · %mn or Temps club
~ G~eq or Mmemn
Auto
Clnwch or Reeto~
, G~o~e Sen~ee Stanon
~vatc ~ehool
Conunmuq Center
~mquc Shop
~nergen% Me&cM C~e
* B~eD
hxsamnons of Rch~ot~ or PI~m~ C~etcna
fl~opm N~ec * Clemm~g mtd ~essmg Shop
Ntwsmg Home, Remdents Home,
~x~cndcd C~c for fl~c ~cd Latm~
~br~ · Drapeq, Nce~ework or%Veaxmig
OccamonM SMes
RecreaUon, P~k Fac~q or Open Shop
, Honst
S~ce H,m~tv~t Shop
AccessoD
, ~ofessmn~ mad A~tmustrame
Conuntuuq ~tter O~ces
~ec~cM Substa~on m{d Trmmnus
, OnPrcnuses m~d OffPrcnuses
mon ~xe S~e ofBeer,%%h~e m~or ~cohol
Fmld or Consm~cUon O~ce qubject to ~tate of Te~ ~cohol
F~e Stauon or SmM~ h~hhc S,ffcq
md Bever~e Coxmm~saon
BtM~ag Restat~mtt
Gas T~xsnusmon ~te or Meter
, Ret~ ~tores mtd ~hops
u~ StrOh · Sm~o for Photo~apher,
G~ P~K
~smis, HeMth ~ofesmon~s
Home Oc~tpaUon
Off-S~eet Remote P~ag · ~tmag Shop
, Tempor~ Lscs
R~o, Tele~mon, or M~om~xe
Tower Re~ ~tate O~ce
S~v~e ~npmg Stroh · F~n mad Rm~ch, for file propose
S~m~m~ Pool o[~smg ~,homes ma~or c~le
Tdephone Brininess O~ce · ~tables located no closer fl~mx
Telephone ~ne mid Exch,mge,
feet from fl~e newest remdenu,fl
Sm~tclmag or Rela) Sm~c
Subsmned Jtme ~8, 2001
s E z o
The CS (Coznnmm~ Sc:~:c~) cat- 'l~e OR (Outdoor R~cre~on) cat
ego~ pernuts the follow, aug land ego~ pernuts the follo~g
* Conmuuu~ Umt Dcvclopmcnt * Conumuu~ I mt Dc~do~n~
* ~ G~e~ or Mu,etun * Occas~ou.fl S~cs
* Ourchor Recioa · Pa-ks. Rc~ou.m~d~ Space
* ~atcSchool I scs Boocc B~. Honcs~cs
. Conuu~u~ ~mcr Sln~ebo~d. VoHc)b~.etc
* ~ne~en~ M~c~ C~c * ~cccsso~ B~s
* h~s~maons of Rch~om or PI~m~ · M~ucnmlcc Fa~Ucs ~
d~op~c Na~e ~xc Sc~cc
. N~su~ Hmne. Residents Home. * ~ecmc~ Subaaon
~{dcd G~c for dm Aged * ~ccmc~ Tmuuus~on
. ~br~ . Fmld or Cons~cUon O~cc
. Occas~on~ S~es · Gas Tmmmss~on ~{e or Meier
. R~caUon. P~k Fa~ or Open mgStaUon
Space . Gas P~k
* Accesso~ Bt~g * Off s~ect Remote P~
* ~II~IIIUH~ ~ntcr * ~[lcrolvalc Towcr
, ~ecmc~ SubstaUon midTr~unus * Smm~xmmig Pool
s~on ~e · Telephone S~utdmxg or Relax Sta
, F~eld or Consm~cUon O~cc uon or ~cs
, ~e S~auon or Sm~ ~bhc S~cD Scmv~e I~unpmg StaRmi
B~d~g · %~ ater Reseno~, %Valet ~n~mg
, Gas Trmmmss~on ~c or Meter Sia~ou or ~ cH
n~ Simon Cotm~ Club
* Gm P~k Go~ ~se
* HOlllC Oc~lpaUon S~m~n or Tcmus Club
, Off-S~eet Remote Pm~lg P~g ~t
, Ra&o, Tcle~sion, or Mx~m~xe B~e~, Cffetena, or Re~t
Trover Honst
, S~a~ ~npmg Stroh Hm~&cx~t Shop
, S~eTreaUnent Plm~t A&~mus~e O~ces
, S~mm~m~g Pool H~& Fa~ucs
, Telephone ~e, Kxchm~e, S~ntch · On Prennses mid Off-~eimses
mg or Rda) Smuon Sfle of B eer, XX~e m~'~ ~hol
, AVatcr Rcsc~o~, XVatcr ~unpmg · Rct~ Stores or Shops
Sta~on or AVert Sm&os for
, XVaterTreanncnt Plm~t * Tempor~ Lscs
, ~mx~ Club * Finn mxd ~ldi, for fl~e pt~sc
, Finn mid l~{dx, for fl~e pt~se of~smg ~l, bones m~d or
of~su~ ~l, horses tax,or c~e · Stables located no closer
, Stablcslocatcdnodoscrfl~m~E~ feet from file newest
feet from flze newest reszdenufl smzcn~e
S~u~ed J~u~28, 200!
'l]~e P (P,ukmg) category penmt~ been surveyed so a plat ~ath
the follo~ang lm~d uses tl~e~r approxm~ate locations
~xall haxe to be auached to the
· RVP~g amendment submitted by
· P~t Robson to ~e C~n of Denton
· ~eld or ~nsm~c~on O~cc
· Acces~o~ B~gs ~) Btuld m~d ~nsm~ct p~pehnes
· ~ecmcfl Subst~onm~dT~snus-
s~on Faints
· G~ Tr~snnmon ~e or Meter- ~ess m~d e~ss to m~y g~ ~ ells
mg Sta~on
· G~ Pink
· Off-Sweet Remote P~g 4) Cons~ct s~face faahties nec-
· ~owa~e, Tele~asxon, or Ra&o essan for ~e operatloll alld
To~vcr produ~on of ~ ~x ells mclud-
· Telephone S~ntclm~g or Rela) Sta mg ~ ellheads, compressors,
nonor~es f~llce5, t~lk banenes, sepma-
Sm~agc ~unpmg StaUon to~, mete~, ele~cd hnes m~d
1Vater Resenow, Water ~unpmg m~y ofller nonllfl m~d custom-
StanonorXX e~ ~ fac~hnes necess~ for the
· Tempor~ I scs pn~dent o~on of a ~ell
· Finn m~d Rm~ch, for the p~ose
ofmsu~ g~, horses m~tVor ca~c
· Smbleslocatedno do~er fl~m 200- ~ Pink m~d ~II Space Improve-
feet from the newest res~dent~ ments
No ~e~ heads shill be drilled
m the floo~lmn
The GP (Gas P~k) catego~ per-
m~ts the follo~g lm~d uses
actuaries 7~ The p~a~ ~mer sotwce for
the dnlhng and fracturing of
· 15-~0 Gas P~k sxtes the ~e~ s~ be from on-sxte
· Tempo~ Lses producnon ~ells m order to
· Gas Trm~sm~ss~on hne or Me- reduce or e~m~e heaw haul
tenng Station mg loa& on m~5 a~acent pub-
· ~1 act~nUes ~ocmted ~ath the he roa&
dexelopment m~d operation of
~s ~ells as fo~o~s
1) Dnll, complete, operate, re-
~xork, recomplete m~d produce
m~) gas (mclu~g fll ~ses, hq-
tud hydroc~bons ~xd their re-
~e~s located on m~y of fl~e pre-
detenmned st~ace locanons or
pads ~ese pads ha~e not yet
(~.~_~~~ P R 0 P 0 S E D ~ D Z 0 N I N G
~'~l}],~]~ Zoning Ordinance Requirements
proposed d~elhng runts more thm~ PAKKING LOT AND SPACE
a ,596 increase from file approxed KEQUIKEMENTS
plmb increase the floor4o-area ra~
~o, ~lze ofstn~c~e, he~lt, lot coy Section 35 301 Velncle Park-
erage or number of stones or b~uld- mg RegulaHons
rags so as to be ollt of ~mphmace
of the requirements of tins PD 18) One space for exe~ ~50 sq ft
Ordinance, reduce lot, yard, or of fl~r area, due to the number
space size, decreme the mno~mt of ofgo~c~s used for t~asponation
reqtured off-s~eet p~]g spa~s m
approved b) this PD Zoning, (e)(4)d There Is no maxmium
chat~e ~es ofbtul~n~, setback, proxmnty reqtnrement bet~ een
s~eet access pomt~ ff ~t ~n~c~ fl~e bt~ng m~d fl~e p~ng space~
fl~e ir~c repo~, or lots mfless it ~s due to the campus s~ le of de~ el
a densfly change ~xalhm the De- opment m this project
tmled Plan ~ea, or m~ease den-
s~Wto no more fl~m~ 5%office de- Secnon 35-328 No~se and
t~l approved on the on~n~ De- Odor
tmled PI,m, d~m~ge ~c pa~ems
ff the dmnge ~s m con,ct ~nfl~ the ~e follo~ng odor emitting land
traffic repo~ or ~ter b~,c relanon ~es ~e penm~ed m tlus P D m~y
slnp of fl~e proposed dexelopment t~es ~at relate to x~ater m~d se~er
to a4lacent propemes ~Unent m~d associated pumping
m~d p~pmg facdmes, mW actnat~es
1 Ins ~all appl> to Set,on ~176, ~so~ted ~th the GP (Gas P~k)
as ~ell lm~d the m~d he,hues
Subuuncd Jma¢ 28 2001
Landscape Ordinance Reqmrements
'llle City of Denton ordinance categories sbonax on tbe Concep-
number 98-I00 de~es fl~e lexel of tual Master Plm~ Acreage m the
mandatory lan~cape m~pro~e- "OR' Outdoor Recreation m~d"P'
ments ~d prese~non Robson P~ng Streets m~d RO~V Im~d nsc
Commum~es mmdates a certmn categories are exempt from the 15
lexel oflm~ca~ esfll~cements to trees-per-acre reqmrement, but
ensure fl~e success of fl~cir projects trees plm~ted thereto xnll apply to
Robson Rmldi ~ re~ond to the the tot~ ~ee cMctflaUon m file
or~nm~ce m the fo~o~nng rammer "NS' mid "CS' lmid use categories
for tins project
2) L~ld Reqmrelnents
~TICLE I GE~R~ a) Pl~lm~g ~ea - Due to the ex-
tensile mnonnt of golf course and
Sectson 31-~ Avphcabfl~ty open space on th~s projecl ~htch
exceeds 23 6% office ~oss ~ea, file
1) An aerial ph~to~ph xxqll be 2~ reqturement ~s satisfied
pro~aded to fllus~te fl~e loxx lexel
ofe~stmg ~ee co~r ~us site has
mmmial ex~stmg trees, so a tree ~TIGLE III L~DSC~E
mxenton ~s not ~ph~ble Lqnd- REQUIKEMENTS
scape plans ~all not be reqmred
prior to cle~ng md ~&ng, due Secnon 31-7 Spec~hc Land-
to the lack of~ee coxer on tins s~te scape Area Reqmrements
1) Paring [~t Screemng m~d Lmd-
~GLE II TR~ ~ND LAND scapmg - Robson Ranch x~all ad-
PROVISIONS here Io the Perimeter Screening
secUon as ~t reads %~s~ble frnm the
Secnon 31-6 General Proxx pubhc n~ht off, ay" and x~athm fi~e
s~ons htmdred (500) feet ofpubhc nght-
of 4~ay as long as this screening
1) Tree Reqtur~en~ does not deter from the
of the btul&ngs ~nflm~ the complex
a) ~1 ~es - Robson Rm~ch sh~l pro- ~lmh ~s part of s,ud paring lot
xade trees at a mn~ of 15 uees-per- Inte~retauon of fins secnon ~nll be
a~e, ~nth 5~ ~g sm~er thm~ deoded dunng Derailed Plan re
the (3) three-tach c~per reqture-
ment but not less ~m~ 1 1'2 ' c~-
per, for on15 fl~e'R' Residennal, 2) Outdoor Slorage Screening -
"NS~ Ne~gbboflicod Semce, and Robson R~lcb ~all comply
~CS' Conumunm Sen~ce lmid use
P D Z 0 N I N G
Parks and Open Space Reqmrements
Robson ~nll comply ~nth the Parks
and Open Space Reqmrements
m~d ts ct~enfly fin~ng mx A~ee-
ment ~ath the Parks Director re-
garding credits to be generated
from contnbu.on of land and ser
The floodplmn ,areas on tins project
are pm,ately maintained and'aall not
be dedacated to the C~ty of
Dentoa~,
Gas Park s~tes 'aall be included m
the Park and Open Space aanem-
t~es for tins project The nnmber
of Gas Parks may ~,ary bet~een 15-
20 locanons
· Submaied J~me 28 2001
ROBSON ~ROAD
ROBSON RANCH '~'~