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UPCOMING EVENTS
P&Z Public Hearing on West Oak Area Historic District
-- Wednesday, May 7, 2008
6:30 p.m.
- City Council Chambers at
215 E. McKinney Street.
The proposed West Oak Historic District is approximately 52.01 acres. It has the following
boundaries: (1) West Oak Street from 1702 West Oak to 2280 on the north, and 1707 to 2245 on the south
(from Jagoe/Avenue C to Thomas plus three lots) and (2) Marietta Street from 209 to 404 (from West
Oak to Houston Place), and (3) Houston Place from 2015 to 2232 (from Bradley to Thomas); and
(4) Alamo Place from 2224 to 2234). The Historic Landmark Commission recommends approval 8-0.
Please try to attend the Public Hearing. It is important to have as many of you at the meeting as possible.
PAST EVENTS
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.: A representative of 1907 W. Oak
attended a Denton City Council
hearing in the City Hall at
215 E. McKinney Street
to request a Specific Use Permit (SUP) in order to operate the home and property as a fraternity.
This hearing replaced the hearing scheduled on October 2 below, which was delayed at the request of
the representative of the owner of the property. This permit
required that changes be made to the home to comply with commercial codes, and
it would have allowed public, fraternity-type activities to be conducted on the property. Although
this request was unanimously denied by the Commissioners at the Planning and Zoning hearing
last month, the representative was continuing to pursue the permit at the City Council on November 6.
Result: The City Counsel voted unanimously (6-0) to deny the request for a Specific Use Permit.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.: A representative of 1907 W. Oak
will be attending a Denton City Council
hearing in the City Hall at
215 E. McKinney Street
to request a Specific Use Permit (SUP) in order to operate the home and property as a fraternity.
This permit
will require that changes be made to the home to comply with commercial codes, and
it will allow public, fraternity-type activities to be conducted on the property. Although
this request was unanimously denied by the Commissioners at the Planning and Zoning hearing
last month, the representative is continuing to pursue the permit at the City Council on Oct. 2.
Result: The October 2 hearing was
postponed at the request of the owner of the property.
Thursday, October 4 at 7:00 p.m.:
Anyone interested in learning more about how to apply for historic or conservation district
status for your neighborhood is invited to a gathering. at
915 West Oak.
Peggy Capps has graciously offered to host and to outline the pros and cons of
historic district status and answer any questions or concerns.
While folks in all older neighborhoods might be interested,
this meeting is especially intended for those in the West Oak Area: from Jagoe west
to Thomas, and Scripture south to Hickory. We hope to move forward from the work we
did several years ago on this matter.
The Denton Economic Development Partnership has a lot of helpful information, including
the actual ordinances for both kinds of districts at
http://www.dentonedp.com/downtown_development/historic_preservation.asp.
You might want to cruise around it before the meeting.
Saturday, October 22, 2005: WOAHOA Garage Sale
at 1801 West Oak,
1721 West Oak, and
1717 West Oak.
A garage sale will be held to retire the neighborhood's legal
bill. Please help. You can donate saleable stuff, bake cookies and muffins, help set up
on Friday, October 21, or work the garage sale on October 22. Donated goods can be dropped
off at Bob Ralph's home, 1717 West Oak,
the week of the sale. We can also pick up donations. Contact Bob Ralph at 368-0217 or
bralph@charter.net, Elise Ridenour at
898-1428 or emride01@chater.net, or
Lelie Enlow at 387-6897 or leslieenlow@hotmail.com .
Sunday, May 16, 2004, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.: West Oak Area Neighborhood Barbecue at 2044 West Oak.
This event raised $2,064.51, reducing the association legal debt to
$5,746.27. The total legal bills were $23,196.
Monday, February 16, 2004:
The Board of Zoning Adjustments at 4 p.m. considered the appeal of a denial of
a request for a local permit to build an apartment building at
1822 and 1902-1904 West Oak.
The final vote was 7 to 0 against the appeal.
The denial of the request for a local permit to build an apartment
building was upheld.
The November
17 meeting had been canceled for lack of a quorum, the December
meeting at the request of WOAHA, and the January 26 meeting at
the request of the owner of the property.
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