Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
CM/ ACM: Jon Fortune, ACM
Date: April 18, 2017
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas prohibiting parking on south side of Texas Street from one hundred and fifty (150) feet east of Vine Street to one hundred fifty (150) feet west of Frame Street; providing a repealer clause, providing a savings clause; providing for a penalty not to exceed $500 for violations of this ordinance, providing that violations of this ordinance shall be governed by Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, and providing for an effective date. The Traffic Safety Commission recommends Option 1 (6-0).
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BACKGROUND
On April 20, 2016, the Lonestar Apartments located at 600 Texas St. experienced a fire caused by a lightning strike. Several units were destroyed and all residents were displaced due to the damage. Continued weather events delayed repairs causing further damage to the structure. This resulted in a rebuild of the structure at a level of construction that required the building to meet current code standards.
The apartment complex was constructed in 2002 and consists of three apartment buildings with a total of 34 living units used exclusively by Texas Women's University for student housing. The construction of the apartment building is 34 feet in height. Current fire code requires an aerial fire apparatus access road be provided where the vertical distance between the grade and the highest roof surface exceeds 30 feet. The aerial fire apparatus access road must have a minimum unobstructed width of 26 feet.
The complex has an existing fire lane on the south side of the complex that runs the length of its parking lot. The width of the fire lane is 24 feet and the length is 245 feet. The width of the existing lane does not meet the requirements for an aerial access road and exceeds the maximum length requirement of 150 feet. The fire lane dead ends into p...
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