AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: August 16, 2016
SUBJECT
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Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance providing an initial zoning district designation of Employment Center Industrial (EC-I) District to an approximately 23.24 acre property generally located on the west side of Geesling Road, approximately 700 feet south of East University Drive (US 380). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval (7-0).
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BACKGROUND
Located within DH-12, one of 17 annexation areas in the City's 2010 Annexation Plan, the subject property was initially scheduled for annexation in 2013. Because the property was being used for agricultural purposes, however, the subject property received approval of a Non-Annexation Agreement (NAA) that delayed annexation to no sooner than August 1, 2020. This agreement permitted the property to remain in the ETJ so long as the property remained in agricultural use. Any development of the site would trigger immediate annexation.
The current owner purchased the property in 2015 and subsequently submitted a Preliminary Plat application to facilitate industrial development. Following notification to the property owner and all service providers to the site, annexation proceeding began in March 2016 and the property was officially annexed on June 21, 2016. Once annexed, the property received a temporary designation of RD-5X according to the terms of the NAA. RD-5X is not an official zoning district of the City of Denton, but rather a temporary placeholder until an initial official zoning designation is approved for the site. The purpose of the applicant's request is to provide an initial zoning designation of EC-I District to facilitate an industrial warehouse development.
OPTIONS
1. Approve as submitted.
2. Approve subject to conditions.
3. Deny.
4. Postpone consideration.
5. Table item.
RECOMMENDATION
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends...
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