Pittsboro planners back landscape‑buffer text amendment, ask staff to keep 50‑foot buffer option
The plan commission agreed to send a revised landscape buffer standards text amendment to public hearing, requested a required tree inventory and recommended retaining a 50‑foot buffer/berm option for industrial‑to‑residential edges.
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The commission reviewed a staff‑proposed text amendment to landscape standards and buffer requirements intended to provide clearer protections where industrial uses abut less compatible uses (including residential and agricultural land). Staff outlined proposed standards (per‑acre tree and shrub counts, frontage planting rates, buffer widths and a berm option) and asked for direction before scheduling a public hearing.
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