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Council clears small but varied land-use items: West University zoning restored for long-standing commercial use; Fry Street boarding house SUP approved
Summary
Council approved several development items 7-0: a rezoning on West University (1.09 acres R2 to MN) to allow reestablishment of a historic commercial use that ceased in 2023, and a specific-use permit for a boarding house on Fry Street (conditions limit bedrooms and require parking). Both passed without opposition at council.
Denton council approved two planning items unanimously on Aug. 19: a request to rezone about 1.09 acres on West University Drive from R-2 single-family residential to mixed-use neighborhood (MN) to allow reestablishment of a long-standing commercial use, and a specific-use permit to allow a boarding house at the southwest corner of West Oak and Fry Street within the Fry Street overlay.
West University rezoning
Staff said the commercial use dated from the 1970s and was legally nonconforming until the owner discontinued operations in 2023; under the current R-2 zoning the prior…
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