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15 Regular Meeting April 9, 1984 Page 4 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ~ffiRCOS, TEXAS, DECLARING A SIXTY-FIVE (65) DAY BUILD- ING MORATORIUM FOR MULTI-FA!v1ILY DWELLINGS IN THE PLANNING UNITS 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 AND 17, DECLARING A SIXTY-FIVE (65) DAY GENERAL BUILDING MORATORIUM ON ALL MULTI-FA!v1ILY PROJECTS OF TWENTY-FIVE UNITS OR MORE, AND DECLARING A SIXTY-FIVE (65) DAY BUILDING MORATORIUM ON ALL PARCELS OF LAND NOT ZONED IN CON- FORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Craddock moved for adoption of the Ordinance on emergency and Mr. Moore seconded the motion. Mr. Moore moved to amend the Ordinance in Section 2 as follows, " . . . no building permits for multi-family residential construction projects of twenty units or more. . . ". Mr. Brown seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. City Attorney Hankins suggested the following amendments be adopted by the Council, to include three new sections as follows: "Section 4. That during the sixty-five (65) day periods of building permit moratoria prescribed in this Ordinance, all time limits per- taining to the said building permit process and the site development permit process, be, and they are hereby, suspended, and no further pro- cessing of building permits and site development permits, shall be done by staff during the prescribed moratoria periods." "Section 5. That during the sixty-five (65) day periods of building permit moratoria prescribed in this Ordinance, the City Manager shall prepare a detailed report of the matters raised in this Ordinance and its preamble and submit such report to the City Council no later than June 4, 1984." "Section 6. That any'building permit issued prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, pertaining to the areas or restrictions enumerated in Sections 1, 2 or 3 of this Ordinance, is hereby revoked, and any monies paid for and under said permit are ordered returned to the permittee without unreasonable delay, provided that no material or substantial amount of construction has commenced under said permit as of the effect- ive date of this Ordinance." Also due to these amendments, the caption of the Ordinance would need to be amended to read as follows: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, DECLARING A SIXTY-FIVE DAY BUILDING MORATORIUM FOR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS IN THE PLANNING UNITS 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 AND 17, DECLARING A SIXTY-FIVE (65) DAY GENERAL BUILDING MORATORIUM ON ALL MULTI- FAMILY PROJECTS OF TWENTY UNITS OR MORE, DECLARING A SIXTY-FIVE (65) DAY BUILDING MORATORIUM ON ALL PARCELS OF LAND NOT ZONED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN, PROVIDING FOR THE REVOCATION OF CERTAIN BUILDING PERMITS, SUSPENDING THE BUILDING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PEID1IT PROCESS, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE A REPORT BY JUNE 4, 1984, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE." Mayor Craddock moved to amend the Ordinance to include Mr. Hankins' suggested amendments and Mr. Moore seconded the motion. The City Secre- tary read the amendments in their entirety into the record. The Council voted unanimous approval of the amendments.