AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
CM: Todd Hileman
DATE: March 21, 2017
SUBJECT
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Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance to rezone approximately 20.49 acres from a Regional Center Commercial Downtown (RCC-D) District to a Regional Center Residential 2 (RCR-2) District. The property is generally located at 2100 South Mayhill Road and at the end of Hudsonwood Drive in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas. (Z16-0027, The Standard/The Hudson at Medpark).
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BACKGROUND
The subject tract is located northwest of the Mayhill Road / Colorado Boulevard intersection. It comprises the westernmost area of a larger parent tract, located at the terminus of Hudsonwood Drive, and is approximately 20.49 acres. The applicant intends to develop the subject tract for multi-family use, pending approval of both the rezoning request and a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for the site. The applicant is seeking to rezone the property to RCR-2 District due to limitations under the current RCC-D District that only allow the multi-family use as part of a mixed-use development.
The purpose of Regional Mixed Use Centers, of which RCR-2 District and RCC-D District are a part, is to create centers of activity including shopping, services, recreation, employment, and institutional facilities supported by and serving an entire region. The RCR-2 District is intended to promote high-density residential development with a mixture of neighborhood services. Detached single-family development is not permitted; however, attached single-family development is permitted by right and multi-family development is permitted with approval of an SUP, small-area plan, or as part of a mixed-use development. RCR-2 District would be appropriate for the subject property as a continuation of this existing family of zoning districts. The less intensive uses permitted within the RCR-2 District would be better suited to the location of the subject pro...
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