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Commission sets 50‑foot buffer and 3‑foot berm requirement along FM 407
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Summary
Commission approved a town development standard requiring a 50‑foot Buffer Yard E along most frontage of FM 407 and added a minimum 3‑foot earthen berm (with drainage exceptions) to create a consistent scenic buffer.
Argyle staff proposed a standardized buffer requirement for properties fronting FM 407 to create a consistent roadside character. The commission voted to make the frontage generally subject to Buffer Yard E — a 50‑foot buffer requiring four canopy trees, eight understory trees and 12 shrubs per 100 linear feet — and added a minimum 3‑foot earthen berm, subject to drainage exceptions.
Staff said the recommendation aligns new parcels with already approved developments (for example, recent church and tract plan approvals along 407) and would make plantings and screening uniform across the corridor. Commissioners discussed excluding the Town Center planning area but ultimately removed that special‑case exclusion and applied the 50‑foot standard to the geographic stretch specified in the packet.
The amendment adjusts the landscape buffer table in the town development standards and includes a ministerial correction requested during the meeting to clarify trunk‑diameter language for understory/ornamental trees.
