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64 ORDINANCE 1985-61 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 1984-100 ADOPTED NOVEMBER 5, 1984 WHICH DECLARED A BUILDING MORATORIUM FOR 120 DAYS ON DEVELOPMENTAL APPROVALS, INCLUDING APPROVAL OF ZONING CHANGES, PLATS, AND BUILDING PERMITS, ON ALL LAND AREA LOCATED WITHIN THE ONE HUNDRED (100) YEAR FLOODPLAIN OF SAN MARCOS RIVER TO EXTEND SAID MORATORIUM THROUGH AUGUST 2, 1985; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas, has determined that the environmental integrity of the San Marcos River ecosystem will be adversely impacted from development if the building moratorium declared by Ordinance 1984-100 is not extended; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SEC'rION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance 1984-100 adopted on November 5, 1984 declaring a building moratorium for 120 days on developmental approvals, including approval of zoning changes, plats, and building permits, on all land area located within the one hundred (100) year floodplain of the San Marcos River from Spring Lake to the confluence of the Blanco and San Marcos Rivers is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. That from and after the effective date of this Ordinance no developmental approvals shall be made by said City, including approval of zoning changes, plats, and building permits, on any land area located within the one hundred (100) year floodplain of the San Marcos River with all Soil Conservation Service dam projects in place, as shown in the Watershed Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, USDA-SCS-EIS-WS-(ADM}-78-2(f}-(TX}, from Spring Lake to the confluence of the Blanco and San Marcos Rivers, through August 2, 1985 or after the adoption of an Interim Comprehensive Development Ordinance, whichever is sooner, the purpose of such ordinance being to protect the environmental integrity of the San Marcos River ecosystem from adverse impact resulting from development in the above-defined area. SECTION 2. The the importance of this Ordinance to the public welfare and for the public good creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity so that the provisions of the Charter requiring that ordinances shall be presented at three separate meetings and that no ordinance shall become effective until the expiration of ten (10) days following the date of its final passage be suspended,and these provision are hereby suspended, and this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area as required by the Charter of the City of San Marcos, Texas. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10 day of June , 1985. Mayor