Andrea Ketchersid and her neighbors in the North Lakes neighborhood didn’t know anything about the “developer’s playbook” when it came to getting development projects approved by Denton City Council via zoning changes, specific-use permits or amendments to environmentally sensitive areas in the city.
But, about this time last year, they heard that a developer had purchased the 15-acre property near University Drive to build a four-story apartment complex. The property had been undeveloped for years. Its western portion, Ketchersid said, was located in an environmentally sensitive area…