AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Environmental Services and Sustainability
UTILITIES ACM: Howard Martin, 349-8232
AGENDA DATE: September 12, 2016
SUBJECT
Title
Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide direction regarding Denton Development Code Subchapter 17 Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs).
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BACKGROUND
On June 6, 2016 the Committee on the Environment (COE) gave staff direction to proceed with proposing revisions to Subchapter 17 of the Denton Development Code (DDC). The revisions are classified into four major categories: editorial corrections, code language clarifications, code language additions, and policy changes. The level of revision complexity generally increases with each category as listed. On August 1, 2016 staff presented the first proposed corrections to Subchapter 17.
This presentation focuses on code language clarifications. The purpose of the revisions is to generally make the code clearer, improve organization, and help make the code easier to understand. Staff identified numerous clarifications throughout Subchapter 17, and anticipates multiple presentations due to the magnitude of the proposed code clarifications. Code language additions and policy changes will be addressed in future presentations.
The proposed language clarifications to be addressed today are shown as redlines in Exhibit 1. A clean version of the proposed changes are provided in Exhibit 2. The proposed clarifications will not cause changes to the ESA map, but will require changes to other regulations outside of Subchapter 17.
PRIOR ACTION AND REVIEW
June 6, 2016: Presentation to the COE regarding Amendments to Subchapter 17
August 1, 2016: Presentation to the COE regarding code corrections to Subchapter 17
EXHIBIT
1. DDC Subchapter 17 redline version for “language clarifications” category
2. DDC Subchapter 17 clean version for “language clarifications” category
Respectfully prepared and submitted by,
Deborah Viera, AICP
Environmental Compliance Coordinator
Department of Environmental Services and Sustainability