Comprehensive Master Plan - City of Alvin

Land Usefacts & figuresto ensure compatibility betweenuses based upon measures oftheir intensity. Such provisionswould include a menu ofalternative bufferyard standards,which would be applied basedupon the intensity of adjacentuses and varying site conditions.Bufferyard standards allowchoice among a range of optionsfor achieving a required opacity,including buffer width, plantmaterials, structures such asfences and walls, or land formslike an earthen berm.4. Adopt resource protectionstandards to preserve stands of Bufferyards must require different treatments between adjacent usesexisting vegetation, which form depending upon their relative intensities and other site factors.effective natural buffers withinand between uses. Preservedvegetation would be required to meet certain standards ofperformance, such as opacity and vegetation density, as a means ofavoiding conflict between incompatible land uses. Coupled with theprotection standards would be provisions for allowing variations ofconventional subdivisions, such as clustered, conservation, andpreservation development, each of which reward preservation of openspace with bonuses – or incentives ‐ allowing an equivalentdevelopment density. These forms of development encourageintegration of open space and natural resources, thereby meeting theobjectives of the community and developer.5. Adopt policies and standards for preserving the integrity ofestablished neighborhoods, including provisions relating to the typeand construction of infill housing on vacant lots. Amend Section 24 ½‐16, Placement Standards, pertaining to the placement of HUD‐codemanufactured homes on single lots to further define ‐ within the limitsof the law ‐ “compatible with other dwellings in the subdivision orarea when compared to dwellings within a 1500‐foot radius.”Pursuant to Senate Bill 1326, adopted June 18, 2003, establishstandards for industrialized housing, including requiring suchhousing to have a value equal to or greater than the median taxablePage 3-13April 1, 2005