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Council rezones southern downtown area to Mixed‑Use Downtown to spur infill; vote 7–0

Denton City Council · October 21, 2025
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Summary

After staff described floodplain remediation and outreach, council approved rezoning of roughly 43.7 acres to a Mixed Use Downtown district to encourage infill development, reduced parking requirements and compact housing; protections for existing single‑family properties and height transitions were included.

The city initiated a zoning change to expand the Mixed‑Use Downtown (MD) district into a portion of southern downtown previously in the floodplain and currently zoned Mixed‑Use Neighborhood. Staff told council that a recent municipal flood‑control project removed the floodplain barrier and that the change to MD would implement goals from the Design Downtown Denton plan.

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