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Commission recommends more flexibility in perimeter landscaping rules for site plans
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 existing wording and removes certain landscaping requirements for commercial uses that have been approved by a specific use permit, giving staff and the commission more flexibility. She noted that with fewer than about 2,000 acres left for development in the city, staff is seeing more infill sites next to existing residential neighborhoods and that flexibility “will be helpful.”
There were no public comments on the item. Commissioners said the subcommittee reviewed scenarios and the changes were developed to allow site‑specific considerations. The commission moved, seconded and approved the recommendation to Council; the transcript records the motion passed but does not show a roll‑call tally.
If Council adopts the amendments, applicants for site plans may receive adjustments to perimeter landscaping and screening requirements when the commission finds site conditions or adjacent zoning warrant flexibility. Staff said the change is intended to make landscaping requirements practicable on constrained or infill parcels.
