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ARTICLE 5. LOT AND BUILDING REGULATIONS <br />San Marcos, Texas <br />TABLE 5.3. PRIVATE FRONTAGE <br />The Private Frontage is the area between the building Facade and the Lot line. <br />a. Common Yard: a planted Frontage wherein the Facade is set back <br />substantially from the Frontage Line. The front yard created remains <br />unfenced and may be visually continuous with adjacent yards, supporting <br />a common landscape. The deep Setback provides a buffer from the higher <br />speed Thoroughfares. <br />b. Porch & Fence: a planted Frontage wherein the Facade is setback from the <br />Frontage Line with an attached porch permitted to Encroach. Afence may <br />be used at the Frontage Line to maintain street spatial definition. Porches <br />shall be no less than 8 feet deep. <br />c. Terrace or Lightwell: a Frontage wherein the Facade is set back from <br />the Frontage line by an elevated terrace or a sunken Lightwell. This type <br />buffers Residential use from urban Sidewalks and removes the private yard <br />from public Encroachment. Terraces are suitable for conversion to outdoor <br />cafes. Syn: Dooryard. <br />d. Forecourt: a Frontage wherein a portion of the Facade is close to the <br />Frontage Line and the central portion is set back. The Forecourt created is <br />suitable for vehicular drop -offs. This type should be allocated in conjunction <br />with other Frontage types. Large trees within the Forecourts may overhang <br />the Sidewalks. <br />e. Stoop: a Frontage wherein the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage Line <br />with the first Story elevated from the Sidewalk sufficiently to secure privacy <br />for the windows. The entrance is usually an exterior stair and landing. This <br />type is recommended for ground -floor Residential use. <br />f. Shopfront: a Frontage wherein the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage <br />Line with the building entrance at Sidewalk grade. Thistype isconventional <br />9 9 <br />for Retail use. It has a substantial glazing on the Sidewalk level and may <br />have an awning that may overlap the Sidewalk to within 2 feet of the Curb. <br />Syn: Retail Frontage. <br />g. Gallery: a Frontagewherein the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage line <br />with an attached cantilevered shed or a lightweight colonnade overlapping <br />the Sidewalk. This type is conventional for Retail use. The Gallery shall be <br />no less than 10 feet wide and should overlap the Sidewalk to within 2 feet <br />of the Curb. <br />SECTION PLAN <br />LOT ► <br />PRIVATE ► <br />FRONTAGE <br />.4 R.O.W. LOT ► .4 R.O.W. <br />.4 PUBLIC PRIVATE ► .4 PUBLIC <br />FRONTAGE FRONTAGE FRONTAGE <br />iA <br />I �1 1 <br />0 <br />%B <br />111110111110111110111110111111 <br />5 <br />1 <br />I, <br />Fri �i� <br />I <br />1111, <br />m <br />RR <br />I <br />I , <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />law <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />SMARTCOOE VERSION 10 SC49 <br />