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ARTICLE 8. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS <br />San Marcos, Texas <br />vehicular Thoroughfare, demarcated by striping. <br />Bicycle Route (BR): a Thoroughfare suitable for the shared use of bicycles <br />and automobiles moving at low speeds. <br />Bicycle Trail (BT): a bicycle way running independently of a vehicular <br />Thoroughfare. <br />Block: the aggregate of private Lots, Passages, Rear Alleys and Rear Lanes, <br />circumscribed by Thoroughfares. <br />Block Face: the aggregate of all the building Facades on one side of a Block. <br />Boulevard (BV): a Thoroughfare designed for high vehicular capacity and <br />moderate speed, traversing an Urbanized area. Boulevards are usually <br />equipped with Slip Roads buffering Sidewalks and buildings. <br />Buildings of Value: Buildings located in a historic district or designated as <br />a historic landmark by the City of San Marcos Historic Preservation Com- <br />mission. <br />Bus Rapid Transit: a rubber tire system with its own right -of -way or dedi- <br />cated lane along at least 70% of its route, providing transit service that is <br />faster than a regular bus. <br />By Right: characterizing a proposal or component of a proposal for a Com- <br />munity Plan or Building Scale Plan (Article 3, Article 4, orArticle 5) that com- <br />plies with the SmartCode and is permitted and processed administratively, <br />without public hearing. See Warrant and Variance. <br />CLD or Clustered Land Development: a Community Unittype structured by <br />a Standard Pedestrian Shed oriented toward a Common Destination such as <br />a general store, Meeting Hall, schoolhouse, or church. CLD takes the form <br />of a small settlement standing free in the countryside. <br />Civic: the term defining not - for - profit organizations dedicated to arts, culture, <br />education, recreation, government, transit, and municipal parking. <br />Civic Building: a building operated by not - for - profit organizations dedicated <br />to arts, culture, education, recreation, government, transit, and municipal <br />parking, or for use approved by the City Council. <br />Civic Space: an outdoor area permanently dedicated for public use. Civic <br />Space types are defined by the combination of certain physical constants <br />including the relationships among their intended use, their size, their land- <br />scaping and their Enfronting buildings. See Table 3.4. <br />Civic Zone: designation for public sites dedicated for Civic Buildings and <br />Civic Space. <br />Commercial: the term collectively defining workplace, Office, Retail, and <br />Lodging Functions. <br />Common Destination: An area of focused community activity, usually de- <br />fining the approximate center of a Pedestrian Shed. It may include without <br />limitation one or more of the following: a Civic Space, a Civic Building, a <br />Commercial center, or a transit station, and may act as the social center of <br />SMARTCOOE VERSION 10 SC77 <br />