HOW TO
When creating buffers around polylines and 'No Dissolve' is selected in the Buffer tool, polygons around lines that are close enough will overlap each other. If this is not selected, the polygons are just merged.
This article provides steps to generate buffer polygons that are neither overlapped or merged, as shown in the image below:
Note: This tool is also available in ArcMap but included only in the Business Analyst toolbox, thus it requires this additional extension.
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