AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: October 18, 2016
SUBJECT
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Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the establishment of periphery development annexation criteria in the Denton Development Code.
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BACKGROUND
The Planning Division has received several development applications that are located in the City's Extra-territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). The first application is for a commercial and multi-family development located on the northeast corner of US 377 and Brush Creek Road. The applicant has submitted a pre-application and a plat application is anticipated soon. The subject property is approximately 17.97 acres. Half of the subject property is in the City of Denton and the other half is in the county. There are four proposed pads, three of the pads are proposed for commercial use and the fourth pad is proposed for a multi-family development. The second application is for the expansion of an existing mobile home park located on the north side of Silver Dome Road, between Farris Road and Copper Creek Road. The applicant has submitted a Final Plat application (FP16-0031 - Woodhaven Mobile Home Park - Phase 2) and is currently under review. The plat, if approved, would create an additional 157 lots to an existing Mobile Home Park.
It should be taken into consideration that the proposed development applications are not consistent with the character of the area which can impact adjacent properties in terms of land use and intensity. It will also impact infrastructure and public services such as water, sewer, and electricity and other services that these proposed developments would require to have. Because the City's Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) service areas extend outside the city limits, the City is required to provide water, sewer and electric services to these proposed developments even though the extension of those services is not suppo...
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