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PopUlation trends and forecasts of population and urbanization in the san Marcos area were discussed in Section One. It was pointed out that the implication of future increased urbanization is that the aUport may become subjected to increasingly incompatibl~ d=velopment around it, and as urbanization and industrialization in the surrounding area becomes more intense, the demand for aviation facilities will also increase, which may result in apparent or real conflicts in urban devel.cpnent policies. The location of the airport within the City limits of San Marcos permits the City to oontrol the land use of the airport area currently <:a1tained within the City limits t.hra1gh existing City ordi.nances and policies. However, the ability to control the land use around the airport remains primarily with the property owners, and with the exception of approximately 200 acres of land annexed to protect the clear ZODe and cq;pmach to Runway 12, the City can exercise virtually no significant influence over envi.raunenta1 land use. Fortunately, the airport is situated in such a way as to be reasonably well buffered in most key aviation activity locations, and there are no immeOi8te, serious inoompatibilities which appear to have imminent impacts upon I'eeded airport development. Basically, the land uses surramdinq San Marcos Municipal Airport are predominantly agria:1l.tural with some limited mixed uses including some commercial and scattered residential. Reedvil1e, an unincorporated oommunity located approximately one mile southeast of the airport, is the only significant urbanized development in the vicinity, with the exception of Gaxy Job Corps Center. It is important to recognize that Gary Job Corps Center is geographically constrained as a Federal installaticm, and that it does not have the same potential for growth and in<X:1llpatible future development as do undeveloped areas adjacent to the airport. Figure 5.2 sOOws the future land uses that are currently projected for the area surrounding San Marcos Municipal Airport by the currently adopted Land Use Element of the City of San Marcos Master Plan 1980- 2000. Future land uses will be determined to a great extent by the development of the City and County thoroughfare plans, utilities and the influences of annexation, and city policies and practices. It is likely that the areas to the north and east of the airport will CXlIltinue to remain in agria:1l.tura1 and widely scattered low density residential uses. 5.4