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46 Regular Meeting July 14, 1986 Page 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ADOPTING A LOT COMPATIBILITY ORDINANCE BY ADDING ARTICLE II RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION COMPATIBI- LITY TO CHAPTER 35 COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY ADDING TO THE GENERAL ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 11(D) (1) A NEW SUBSECTION (d) PROVIDING FOR SITE PLANS IN AN R-l DISTRICT AND BY ADDING TO THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, ARTICLE VI, SECTION H, A NEW SUBSECTION 7. PROVIDING FOR SITE PLANS, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Younger opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to speak in favor or in opposition of the amendment. Frank Robbins stated if small homes and lots want to abut a one-acre homesite, it will have to be reviewed more carefully in the plat process with this Ordinance, and gave an example of this happening in San Marcos with Franklin Place. Mr. Coddington stated he feels the Ordinance needs to be reworked and that it is not presently worded in the best interest of the City. Mr. Robbins stated a 6000 square-foot lot is a small R-l lot and that a neighborhood can come in and have the neighborhood rezoned SR. No one else wished to speak in favor or in opposition to the amendment, so Mayor Younger closed the public hearing. Mr. Coddington moved to approve the Ordinance on first reading and Ms. Kissler seconded the mo- tion. Mayor Younger asked Mr. Robbins if any developers had been re- quested to provide input in the preparation of this Ordinance, and Mr. Robbins stated they had not. Mr. Coddington moved to table the Ordin- ance for the Staff to obtain input from developers in the Ordinance and Mr. Guerra seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Younger introduced for consideration a public hearing and adop- tion of a Zoning Ordinance, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 3 OF THAT ORDINANCE WHICH REGULATES AND RESTRICTS THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND, DATED JUNE 13, 1984 (VOL. 66) BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF 5.86 ACRES CONSIST- ING OF THE FOLLmlING TRACTS: TRACT 1: O. 41 ACRES BEING A PORTION OF LOT 10 IN THE JOHN SCOTT ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME R, PAGE 255, HAYS COUNTY DEED RECORDS; TRACT 2: 0.90 ACRES, BEING A PORTION OF BLOCK 1 OF THE D. S. COMBS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TRACT 3: 3.15 ACRES CONSISTING OF 8 TRACTS, ALL OF SAID TRACTS BEING A PORTION OF FARM LOT 12, CITY OF SAN MARCOS, HAYS COUNTY, AND TRACT 4: 1.48 ACRES CONSISTING OF THREE TRACTS, ALL OF SAID TRACTS BEING A POR- TION OF FARM LOT 15, CITY OF SAN MARCOS, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID TRACTS BEING LOCATED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE 600 AND 700 BLOCKS OF WEST SAN ANTONIO STREET, FROM "MF-4" (MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT) TO "R-l" (SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT); AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Younger opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to speak in favor of the change. Betty Wolverton stated she was in favor of the zoning change to preserve the character of the street, as she felt intense development would destroy the character of the neighbor- hood. She also thought the change would preserve the R-l character of the street and stated she was in favor of the zoning and land use comply- ing with the neighborhood. A. B.Hill stated he lives adjacent to this