AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: August 16, 2016
SUBJECT
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Continue a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding a rezoning request from Neighborhood Residential 3 District (NR-3) to Neighborhood Residential 6 District (NR-6) on approximately 0.6 acres, located on the northeast corner of North Bell Avenue and East Windsor Drive; and providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 for violations thereof; providing a severability clause and an effective date. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval (4-2). (Z16-0003). This item was continued from the August 2, 2016 City Council meeting.
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BACKGROUND
The applicant is requesting to rezone the subject property from Neighborhood Residential 3 (NR-3) District to Neighborhood Residential 6 (NR-6) District in order to develop the site with two duplexes on two lots, totaling four units.
The location of the subject property on the corner of North Bell Avenue and East Windsor Drive is a gateway and physical presence to an existing, established single-family neighborhood, which has an approximate density of 3.9 dwelling units per acre and is built out.
The proposed rezoning does not conform to the subject property's Future Land Use designation of Low Density Residential as specified by Denton Plan 2030. Low Density Residential encourages suburban-type single-family development with either large lots or clustered homes and preserved open space for up to four dwelling units per acre. Furthermore, development criteria for Low Density Residential Land Use states that within established residential areas, new development should respond to existing development patterns and design standards. The development pattern associated with NR-6 District does not correspond with the existing block-level development pattern and introduces denser development within an established single-famil...
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