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which the building backs up to and has its rear or secondary access from. 16. Business: Includes local, retail, commercial, or such other uses, and districts as herein defined. I 17. Carport: A roofed structure open on two sides when attached to a dwelling and open on three sides when detached from a dwelling, covered with a roof supported by structural steel or wood columns or masonry piers of minimum size for structural safety. 18. City: The City of San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. 19. Clinic: An institution or station for the examination and treat- ment of ill and afflicted out-patients by a group of physicians. 20. Club, civic: A building or portion of a building, together with the grounds and related facilities, primarily used by an associa- tion of persons for periodic meetings to promote special purpose activities such as literature, science, or civic improvement. 21. Club, community: A building or portion of a building, together with the grounds and related facilities, used primarily by an association of the residents of a particular subdivision, neigh- borhood, or housing development and by its members and guests for social and recreational purposes. 22. Club, private: A building or portion of a building together with the grounds and related facilities used primarily by an associa- tion, its members, and their guests for social, fraternal, and recreational purposes. I 23. Cluster Development: A method of development for land that permits variation in lot sizes without an increase in the overall density of population or development. See Cluster Subdivision. 24. Commission: The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. 25. Common Area: See open space. 26. Comprehensive Plan: (See Master Plan.) 27. Condominium: A multifamily dwelling unit, within which desig- nated units or apartments are conveyed fee simple title, with an undivided interest in the building's common elements, to include, but not be limited to, halls, stairs, elevators, roof, parking space, and the land when the building is not constructed on leased land. When the land is leased, they acquire a right in the leasehold. 28. Convalescent Home or Rest Home; Any structure or collection of structures located on one site used or occupied by persons recov- ering from illness or suffering from infirmities of old age. 29. Council: The City Council of the City of San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. I 30. Court: An open, unoccupied space, bounded on more than two (2) sides by buildings. An inner court is a court entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building. An outer court is a court having at least one (1) side open to a street, alley, yard or other permanently open space. 31. Day Nursery: A place where children are left for care between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight. 32. Density: The number of dwelling units per gross acre of subdivi- sion, excluding any areas that are nonresidential in use. -5-