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Argyle council approves AISD elementary school site plan, denies extra tree condition
Summary
The Argyle Town Council approved a site plan for Argyle ISD’s proposed elementary school on the same campus as the district’s middle school and granted two variances, rejecting a Planning & Zoning condition that would have required additional trees in the playground area.
Argyle Town Council on April 21 approved a site plan for a proposed two-story Argyle Independent School District elementary school on the district’s campus off FM 407, granting two variances to the town’s agricultural zoning standards and declining a Planning & Zoning Commission condition requiring additional trees in playground areas.
The approved plan covers the parcel adjacent to the middle school currently under construction; the elementary building is proposed at 104,685 square feet with 61 classrooms and a stated maximum enrollment of 850 students. Harrison (staff member) said the district’s traffic impact analysis, prepared earlier for the middle school, estimates the combined middle- and elementary-school development will generate about 4,450 average weekday trips and includes recommended mitigation measures, including a signalized east driveway on FM 407 and a Postmaster Lane emergency access gate paid for by the town.
Why it matters: the site sits beside the middle school already under construction and…
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