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<br />City Building Permits(l)
<br /> Sinßle Family Apartments Other
<br />Fiscal and anè Bujldjng
<br />Year Duplexes Commercial Industria! Townhouses Permits Total
<br />""""1988(2) $1,401,098 $3,122,421 $ -0- $ 500,000 $ 4,467,554 $ 9,491,073
<br />1987 3,841,551 6, !29,405 -0- 7,28&,232 11,732,536(3) 28,991,774
<br />1986 6,299,431 6,401,443 -0 - 3,631,104 1,207,512 17,539,490
<br />1985 7,564,005 9,840,649 -0 - 8,378,016 8,998,136 34,730,806
<br />1984(4) 3,348,537 5,738,400 -0- 7,255,888 622,750 17,015,575
<br />1983 2,476,000 5,570,577 -0- 25,065,500 137,000 33,249,077
<br />1982 1,814,500 5,257,168 6,843,000 9,051,000 8,015,000 30,980,668
<br />1981 3,265,800 4,833,000 -0- 9,166,000 9,043,000 26,307,800
<br />1980 3,749,550 5,176,600 100,000 4,9&6,000 330,200 14,342,350
<br />1979 2,675,000 2,096,000 2,175,000 3,156,000 -0- 10,102,000
<br />1978 3,069,413 1,334,990 527,000 1,909,000 327,400 7,167,803
<br />1977 2,038,952 2,499,421 -0- 876,000 2,201,900 7,616,273
<br />1976 1,316,813 1,331,550 253,900 805,000 -0- 3,707,263
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<br />Includes repair and remodeling.
<br />Includes 11 months of information only, from October 19&7 to August 1988.
<br />Includes new county jail, public works complex, and nursing home totaling $11,304,747.
<br />Decrease in building activity due to temporary moratorium imposed by City Council
<br />inadequate sewer capacity.
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<br />due to
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<br />Transportation
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<br />San Marcos is transversed by Interstate Highway 35 (North and South System) and is 20 miles from
<br />Interstate 10 (East and West System). Also, connecting the City to the state are State Highways 21, 80,
<br />123, 142 and Ranch Road 12.
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<br />Missouri Pacific has 18 daily freight trains, Amtrack has .3 trains weekly, and ~lissouri-Kansas- Texas has 6
<br />daily freight trains with one freight terminal.
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<br />San Marcos Municipal Airport is operated by the City Council and consists of 4 runways and 6 taxiways,
<br />a11 in good condition and able to accomodate most kinds of aircraft. Charter plane service is available.
<br />Austin Municipal Airport, located 28 miles north of San Marcos, has commercial airline service with 10
<br />different carriers. San Antonio International Airport, located 45 miles to the south, also has ten different
<br />commercial airlines servicing the area.
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<br />The City is served by 9 motor freight companies with daily schedules.
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<br />Local bus service is available daily from 2 bus lines, Greyhound and Trailways.
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<br />Two local taxi services are avai1able with daily service.
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<br />Utilities
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<br />Wholesale electrical service is currently provided to the City by the Lower Colorado River Authority. In
<br />October 1986, the City sold $16,355,000 in Electric Utility System Revenue 8onds to purchase, improve,
<br />extend and equip an electric light and power distribution system. The City now owns and operates this
<br />system.
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<br />Entex is the major source of gas for the City.
<br />Water and sewage is provided by the City.
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<br />The City's telephone service is provided by an independent telephone company, the San ~larcos Telephone
<br />Company.
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