AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: August 9, 2016
SUBJECT
Title
Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff direction regarding a Pre-Annexation Development Agreement between the City of Denton and Ryan Capital Partners, Ltd., concerning an approximately 80.9-acre property located on the south side of Ryan Road and east of Andrew Street.
Body
BACKGROUND
On June 2, 2016, the City Council granted a second extension of the existing Non-Annexation Agreement (NAA) to delay annexation of the subject property while staff and the developer collaborated on a Pre-Annexation Agreement (PAA) to allow the property to remain in the City's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) in return for the City's regulation of land uses and design standards for the site. PAA's are contracts between the governing body of a municipality and the owner of property in the ETJ and are permitted under Texas Local Government Code Section 212.172. They allow a land owner to continue their ETJ status while extending a municipality's planning authority over the property. The agreements typically regulate the following:
* Land use and development regulations
* Provide for infrastructure, including streets, drainage, water, wastewater, and other utilities
* Environmental regulations
* Annexation or terms of annexation
* Other lawful terms agreed upon
The proposed PAA is nearing completion and staff is prepared to present details of the development plan and to receive feedback on the agreement from the City Council prior to the expiration of the NAA on September 4, 2016. A regular session item to consider approval of the PAA is scheduled for the August 16, 2016 City Council meeting.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
Located south of East Ryan Road and 370 feet west of Montecito Drive, the subject property is situated in the southern portion of the City generally between the Thistle Hills residential subdivision and the Good Samaritan So...
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