AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: September 20, 2016
SUBJECT
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Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding a rezoning request from Planned Development 138 (PD-138) District to Regional Center Commercial Neighborhood (RCC-N) District on approximately 3 acres, located on the east of I-35 W, approximately 710 feet north of Crawford Road; 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 (5-0). (Z16-0003).
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BACKGROUND
The applicant, on behalf of the owner, Matt Macleod of the Castle Development Group, requests a rezoning from Planned Development 138 (PD-138) Hunter Ranch District to RCC-N District in order to develop the site with a hospital and medical offices. The proposed development is located at the northeast corner of I-35 W and Crawford Road, and includes a total of three adjacent parcels: the subject property, approximately 3.5 acres to the south which has a zoning designation of RCC-N District, and a small tract that is located in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). The parcel located in the ETJ is currently in the process of being annexed and will require an initial zoning in the near future.
A Concept Plan for PD-138 District, which included 920.4 acres, was approved in 1991 by Ordinance No. 1991-035. The intent was to create a business and industrial park that contained a mix of mutually compatible and supported uses. The Land Use Chart included with the Concept Plan identified the subject property as a 2.8 acre Business Park. The proposed concept was never realized, and in 2008, all of PD-138 District except for the subject property was rezoned as part of the Inspiration Master Planned Community (MPC). The subject property is the last remaining parcel of PD-138 District....
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