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Denton planners seek direction on US‑380 corridor, staff recommends light‑industrial and mixed‑use designations
Summary
City planning staff asked the Denton Planning and Zoning Commission for feedback on a one‑mile portion of US‑380, recommending mostly light‑industrial uses with a small community mixed‑use pocket; commissioners requested more neighborhood outreach and traffic context before map changes.
Planning staff presented a one‑mile corridor study for a stretch of U.S. 380 east of Geesling Road during the April 23 Denton Planning and Zoning Commission work session, asking whether the city should change the corridor’s future land use from rural/residential to mostly light industrial with a community mixed‑use node near Lakeview Boulevard.
The staff presentation said the study area—about 1 mile long and roughly 250 feet on either side of the highway—has large portions of vacant land and driveways serving commercial or industrial sites in Denton’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. Aaron Stanley, assistant planner, told commissioners that traffic counts in the subject area exceeded 46,000 trips per day in 2022 and could rise above 80,000 per day by 2050 if…
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