Planning Report
ADP17-0002/Ross Law Office
City Council District 1
Planning & Zoning Commission
October 25, 2017
REQUEST
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Consider a request for approval of an Alternative Development Plan for a proposed office development on approximately 0.56 acres located on the east side of South Woodrow Lane, approximately 275 feet south of East McKinney Street. The property is currently zoned Community Mixed Use General (CM-G) District. The purpose of the Alternative Development Plan is to deviate from Section 35.13.10.B.1.d of the Denton Development Code which requires permeable paving for those parking spaces that exceed the number of parking spaces required. (ADP17-0002, Ross Law Office, Julie Wyatt).
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OWNER
Joanne Simmons
APPLICANT
Cody Crannell
BACKGROUND
The applicant is requesting an Alternative Development Plan (ADP) to allow 15 parking spaces to be constructed with an impervious surface for a proposed 4,350-square foot professional office. This request is a deviation from the Section 35.13.10.B.1.d of the DDC, which requires permeable paving for those parking spaces that exceed the number of parking spaces required. The ADP process provides an applicant the option to deviate from the design criteria of Subchapter 13 of the Denton Development Code (DDC) through a discretionary site plan review by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Per DDC Section 35.14.4.B.5, office uses require one parking space per 450 square feet of gross floor area. Based upon the square footage of the proposed office building, the required parking for this use is 10 spaces. Since 15 spaces are proposed, per Subchapter 13, the 5 additional spaces over the 10 required must be constructed with a pervious surface. However, the applicant has requested approval of an ADP to construct all 15 spaces with an impervious surface.
The subject property is located on the east side of South Woodrow Lane, within a Community Mixed Use (CM-G) District. The site has approximately 180 feet of fr...
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