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<br />Wonder World Drive Land Use Plan <br /> <br />City of San Marcos <br /> <br />D. Existing Development Regulations <br /> <br />The City's existing Zoning Ordinance divides the city into districts and applies <br />regulations regarding allowable uses, the density or intensity of development, and the <br />bulk of buildings on the land. Zoning regulations control the location, type, character, <br />and design of development on individual properties. The three basic categories of <br />districts are residential, commercial, and industrial. Various districts exist within each of <br />these general categories. The individual districts differ by the uses allowed, the density <br />or intensity of development, and variations in other regulations. In addition other <br />specialty districts exist for open space, public and institutional uses, and planned <br />developments. The zoning ordinance applies only within the City Limits. <br /> <br />The City's Subdivision Ordinance controls the division of land and the layout of lots, <br />blocks, and local streets and utilities. The City reviews subdivision plats within the City <br />Limits and also within the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), which is currently 2 <br />miles from the City Limits, except where modified by boundary agreements with <br />neighboring cities. <br /> <br />The City's Edwards Aquifer Protection Regulations protect water quality and quantity <br />in the Edwards Aquifer by placing reasonable limits on development within the Recharge <br />and Transition Zones of the Edwards Aquifer. In general, these regulations limit the <br />amount of impervious cover allowable for new development. Additional restrictions are <br />placed on lands that fall within water quality zones and buffer zones along streams and <br />sensitive feature protection zones around sensitive environmental features, as defined by <br />the ordinance. The ordinance also encourages clustering of development by providing a <br />density bonus for each acre of land preserved or protected. (As noted previously, most of <br />the planning area is located within the Edwards Aquifer Recharge or Transition zones.) <br />These regulations apply within the City Limits and within the City's ETJ. <br /> <br />Because most of the planning area is outside the City Limits, vanous County <br />development regulations also currently apply. <br /> <br />Adopted: January 14, 2002 <br /> <br />Page 9 <br />