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Commission recommends more flexibility in perimeter landscaping rules for site plans

2966472 · April 11, 2025
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Summary

The Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend City Council amend Appendix C (Zoning) Section 8.2 to give commissioners more latitude in applying perimeter landscaping and screening requirements, and to remove some landscaping requirements where a specific use permit is present.

The Friendswood Planning & Zoning Commission on April 10 voted to recommend that City Council approve amendments to Appendix C, Zoning Section 8.2 (Perimeter Landscaping and Screening) to allow the commission greater discretion when approving site plans.

Aubrey Stessinger, planning staff, told commissioners the draft mostly rearranges…

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