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exceeds the maximum height, building coverage or density per gross acre as shown in the recorded development plan, and approved by the Zoning Commission. SECTION 33. That Section 22 of Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances, City of San Marcos, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 22. Specific Use Permits. A. Purpose: The purpose of the regulations described by this article [section] is to allow the compatible and orderly development within the City, of uses which may be suitable only in certain locations in a zoning district if developed in a specific way or only for a limited period of time. A use permit is required for all conditional uses as set forth in the specific use paragraph of each use district. At no time may a structure or property be adapted to a specific use without first obtaining a use permit. B. Approval procedure, responsibility and appeals: The Director of Planning shall have the responsibility for processing all use permits required for specific uses and presenting them to the Zoning Commission for processing as described below. The following procedures shall be complied with prior to the approval or denial of any use permit: 1. Notice to all owners of real property within two hundred (200) feet of the property for which application has been made shall be mailed, but in no case shall this notifica- tion occur less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) working days prior to considera- tion at a meeting of the Zoning Commission to consider such application. 2. Application concerning specific use permits shall be automatically referred to the Zoning Commission for a public hearing. The Director of Planning shall investigate, notify the adjacent property owners, and provide necessary professional advice. The Zoning Commission may deny an application for a use permit after a public hearing if the proposed use fails to meet one of the criteria set forth in require- ments for approval. 3. Appeal shall be in accordance with Section 2 of this ordinance. C. Application, filing procedures and fees: The property owner or certified agent shall make application on a form prescribed by the City and such application shall provide drawings as set forth in "site plans re- quired," paragraph D [hereof]. Obtaining a use permit does not exempt the applicant from complying with require- ments of the building code or other ordinances. The fee for a use permit shall be recommended by the City Zoning Commission and approved by the City Council. Pay- ment of such fees shall not be refundable in whole or in part. D. Site plans required: 1. Purpose: The purpose of the site plan is to ensure compliance with the zoning ordinance and to assist in the orderly and harmonious development of the City of San Marcos, the -15-