AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: October 18, 2016
SUBJECT
Title
Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas regarding a rezoning from a Downtown Residential 1 (DR-1) District to a Downtown Residential 2 (DR-2) District on approximately 0.87 acres, generally located on the east side of McCormick Street, approximately 100 feet south of W. Eagle Drive. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval 6-0. (Z16-0017)
Body
BACKGROUND
The subject property is comprised of three parcels of land located at 907, 909, and 911 McCormick Street. All three parcels are owned by the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth. The parcels are currently zoned DR-1 District. The property owner is seeking to rezone the parcels to the DR-2 District to reduce the minimum landscaping requirement, thereby increasing the allowed maximum lot coverage. The owner has indicated that the intent of the rezoning is to facilitate development of the parcels as a Pastoral Center. However, if the rezoning is approved, all permitted uses within the DR-2 District would be permitted.
Rezoning the subject property from DR-1 District to DR-2 District is consistent with the surrounding land use and zoning pattern. The proposed rezoning is a logical extension of the DR-2 District that presently occurs to the east, west, and north of the subject property. The maximum lot coverage allowed for the property would increase from 60% in the DR-1 District to 75% in the DR-2 District, which would lower the minimum required landscaping area from 40% to 25%. The maximum allowed building height would increase from 40 feet to 45 feet with the proposed rezoning. New development, with the slightly increased lot coverage and allowable height, would be consistent with the scale of development, the mix of uses, and the current combination of zoning designations in the surrounding area.
The subject property is w...
Click here for full text