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Fair Oaks Ranch council narrows Unified Development Code amendments, directs planning commission to draft specific changes
Summary
Council reviewed categories of proposed UDC amendments and asked Planning & Zoning and staff to continue work on a handful of items (screening consistency, cul‑de‑sac frontage, signs, use‑table clarity and limited tree‑preservation adjustments) while removing or deferring others (setbacks, noncommercial stables).
At a workshop during its Oct. 17 meeting, the Fair Oaks Ranch City Council reviewed a slate of proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code and directed staff and the Planning & Zoning Commission to draft or refine several specific items while declining broad rewrites in other areas.
Lee Muniz, manager of engineering services, summarized the categories under consideration and explained where staff and P&Z saw a need for clarification or change. Council consensus and directions included:
- Setbacks: Council found no obvious conflict in the existing setback rules and directed staff to remove this item from the immediate amendment list.
- Screening: Council asked staff and P&Z to pursue consistency in the code between provisions that call for "opaque" screening versus "dense shrubbery," so the standard is applied uniformly where required (for…
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