2000-203ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 34-14 AND 34-17 OF CHAPTER 34 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON TO SHORTEN THE EXPIRATION
DATE FOR PRELIMINARY PLATS AND TO PROVIDE AN EXPIRATION DATE FOR
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, with the enactment of Tex Loc Gov't Code Ch 245 it is advisable for the
City to provide and to shorten to the extent possible expiration dates on various permits, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public interest to shorten the expiration date
on preliminary plats and to provide for an expiration date for general development plans, NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 Subsection (d) of Section 34-17 "Procedure for approval" of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby amended to read as follows
Sec. 34-17. Procedure for approval.
(d) Expiration of preliminary plat Except for preliminary plats filed prior to the
effective date of this amendatory ordinance, a preliminary plat shall become null and void within
twenty-four (24) months after its approval, unless a final plat is filed and approved for all or part
of the preliminary plat within that time Such approved final plat shall extend the expiration date
for the remaining portion of the original preliminary plat for a period of six (6) months after the
date of approval of the final plat Approval of a subsequent final plat within such period shall
extend the expiration date for the portion of the original preliminary plat for which no final plats
have been approved for an additional six (6) months from the date of approval of such final plat
Each extension period for the expiration of the original preliminary plat runs from the date of the
latest final plat approval Extension periods are not cumulative If a final plat is not filed and
approved during the extension period, the original preliminary plat, together with any
unapproved final plat applications or expired final plats, lapse
SECTION 2 Section 34-14 "General development plan" of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Denton, Texas is hereby amended to add a subsection (e) to read as follows
Sec 34-14 General development plan.
(e) Expiration ofgeneral development plans Except for general development plans filed
prior to the effective date of this amendatory ordinance, a general development plan shall
become null and void within twenty-four (24) months after its approval, unless a final plat or
preliminary plat is filed and approved for all or part of the general development plan within that
time Such approved final plat or preliminary plat shall extend the expiration date for the
remaining portion of the original general development plan for a period of six (6) months after
the date of approval of the final plat or preliminary plat Approval of a subsequent final plat or
prelimin plat within such period shall extend the expiration date for the portion of the original
general de, relopment plan for which no final plats or preliminary plats have been approved for an
additional ix (6) months from the date of approval of such final plat or preliminary plat Each
extension period for the expiration of the original general development plan runs from the date of
the latest final plat or preliminary plat approval Extension periods are not cumulative If a final
plat or preliminary plat is not filed and approved during the extension period, the original general
development plan, together with any unapproved final and preliminary plat applications or
expired final plats and preliminary plats, lapse
SECTION If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in
this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any such validity
SE TC ION 4 Save and except as amended hereby, all the sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, acid phrases of Chapter 34 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton shall remain
in full force and effect
SRCTION 5 That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this theme"
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY
APPR ED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
BY
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EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
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