Commission reviews Highway 707 landscape amendment increasing buffer widths and planting requirements

Jun 26, 2025

A text amendment to the Highway 707 overlay would establish Type A/B/C buffer classifications, raise planting quantities and evergreen percentages, and set a minimum 25-foot streetscape buffer; planners said the amendment increases overall plant quantities and evergreen requirements.

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Planning staff presented a text amendment to the Highway 707 Overlay District that would introduce distinct buffer classifications (Type A, B and C), increase planting quantities and raise evergreen requirements across buffer types, and set a minimum streetscape buffer width of 25 feet where the previous allowance allowed reduction to 10% of parcel depth.

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