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<br />Chapter 1 Development Procedures - Article 5 Zoning Procedures <br /> <br />accordance with procedures for an overlay zoning district and a zoning map <br />amendment under divisions 1 and 2 of this Article 5. <br /> <br />(2) Where either the granting site or the receiving site, or both, are outside the <br />City limits, the City Council shall consider and decide the petition for <br />development transfer and shall determine whether to approve a development <br />agreement that incorporates the development transfer provisions, based on the <br />recommendations from the Planning and Zoning Commission and in <br />accordance with procedures for a development agreement under Article 4, <br />divisions 2 or 3, respectively, of this Chapter 1. <br /> <br />(d) Official Zoning Map. The official Zoning Map shall be amended by ordinance to <br />reflect the establishment of the transfer zoning districts. <br /> <br />(1) Any granting site within the City limits shall be designated as a DTG district. <br /> <br />(2) Any receiving site within the City limits shall be designated as a DTR district. <br /> <br />Section 1.5.4.5 <br /> <br />Criteria for Approval <br /> <br />(a) Factors. The following criteria will be used by the Planning and Zoning Commission <br />in recommending and the Council in deciding whether to approve, approve with <br />modifications, or deny a petition for a development transfer: <br /> <br />(1) Whether approval of the petition for development transfer implements the <br />policies of the Master Plan relating to preservation of open space and <br />protection of water quality; <br /> <br />(2) Whether the development transfer implements a specific plan for watershed <br />protection; <br /> <br />(3) Whether conservation easements or other means of preservmg protected <br />portions of the granting site have been executed; <br /> <br />(4) Whether the proposed receiving site qualifies as a development transfer site; <br /> <br />(5) Whether the development of the receiving site at greater residential density or <br />non-residential square footage does not negatively impact existing uses or <br />inhibit development of land under existing zoning classifications; and <br /> <br />(6) Whether the density, impervious cover or non-residential square footage to be <br />transferred from the granting site can be used by clustering or intensifying <br />development on the granting site. <br /> <br />City of San Marcos, Texas <br /> <br />1-62 <br /> <br />Land Development Code - Final <br /> <br />It <br /> <br />It <br /> <br />, <br />