Committee members discuss buffer and variance approach to prevent steep grading near homes
Committee members debated objective standards versus context-based rules and floated increasing setback buffers where developments abut residences paired with a variance process to preserve development flexibility.
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During the May 5 Development Services Committee meeting, members debated how to craft grading standards that protect neighbors without making the last undeveloped parcels in Garland economically infeasible.
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