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Commission rejects town‑led land‑use change for 10‑acre town‑center parcel after homeowner opposition
Summary
After hours of public comment from Manor Drive neighbors and lengthy discussion about buffers, traffic and civic uses, the Planning & Zoning Commission voted 6–0 to deny a staff‑initiated future‑land‑use amendment that would have converted a 10‑acre parcel on the south side of FM‑407 to mixed‑use/local retail.
Argyle’s Planning & Zoning Commission on March 4 voted unanimously to deny a staff‑initiated future‑land‑use amendment that would have reclassified a 10‑acre town‑owned adjacent parcel from single‑family (1‑acre) to mixed use/local retail and set the stage for a local‑retail zoning request.
Town staff presented a small‑area ‘Town Center’ concept that envisions a Main Street on both sides of FM‑407 with civic uses (a proposed police building and town hall) on six town‑owned acres and mixed retail/office frontage adjacent to that civic core. Staff said the designation to local retail would have prohibited residential on the 10‑acre parcel and would create a 50‑foot landscaped buffer where the retail abutted existing…
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