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Council votes to rezone southern downtown to 'mixed use downtown' to spur infill after flood plain work

5969130 · October 21, 2025
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City‑initiated rezoning would reclassify roughly 43.7 acres in southern downtown to the mixed‑use downtown (MD) district to encourage infill, mixed‑use housing and commercial development after removal of a floodplain barrier. Planning and Zoning and staff recommended approval; council approved the ordinance.

The council voted to rezone approximately 43.7 acres in southern Downtown Denton from mixed‑use neighborhood and public facilities districts to the mixed‑use downtown (MD) district, a city‑initiated action intended to encourage greater infill redevelopment and mixed‑use housing and commerce now that floodplain constraints in the area have been addressed.

Planner Shawn Jacobson explained that the southern downtown area had…

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