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Argyle amends form-based code to allow small restaurants and fitness studios in commercial village transition areas; residential parcels excluded
Summary
Council amended the Town Development Standards to permit limited food-service and fitness uses in Village Center Transition areas of Waterbrook and similar form-based developments, adding a size-based guardrail and excluding existing residential lots from the change.
The Argyle Town Council on April 21 approved an amendment to the town’s form-based code (Town Development Standards TDS‑25‑2) to permit limited food-service and fitness uses in Village Center Transition (VCT) districts — but the council excluded existing single-family residential lots from the change and accepted Planning & Zoning edits to the use definitions.
Why it matters: the change opens commercially zoned parcels within the Waterbrook/Heritage developments to smaller restaurants and boutique fitness studios. Councilmembers said they supported the amendment to encourage a more pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use corridor on FM 407 while avoiding larger or 24-hour operations that would conflict with neighborhood character.
What the amendment does: Harrison (staff member) explained the form-based sections designate three character zones — Village Center Mixed Use, Village Center Transition and…
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