AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
CM: Todd Hileman
DATE: May 2, 2017
SUBJECT
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Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit to allow for a high school use on approximately 13.73 acres. The property is generally located at the southwest corner of the East University Drive and Nottingham Drive intersection. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval with conditions (6-0). (S17-0002, Denton Calvary Academy High School).
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BACKGROUND
The 13.73-acre subject property is zoned Neighborhood Residential Mixed Use (NRMU) District and is currently developed with Denton Calvary Academy (DCA) on the northwest side and several buildings owned by Denton Bible Church on the eastern side. The applicant is seeking an SUP to expand this use to the other existing buildings that are currently owned by Denton Bible Church. Within the NRMU District, elementary and middle school uses are permitted by right; however, high school uses are only permitted with an approved SUP. Ordinance 99-277 approved an SUP for the operation of the high school portion of DCA only within the four buildings where the school currently operates. A copy of the existing ordinance is included as an exhibit for reference.
DCA has been in operation on the northwest portion of the subject property since the approval of the original SUP 18 years ago. DCA is a private school that services elementary through high school students, with a current student body of approximately 300 students. The school could serve up to 1,500 students, if it expands into the existing facilities shown on the Site Plan (Exhibit 5). The applicant is proposing to make no changes to the existing site layout or building footprints; the only change would be the school use expanding across the entire subject property rather than just the northwestern portion where it currently operates under ordinance 99-277. The subject property has app...
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