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ARTICLE 5. LOT AND BUILDING REGULATIONS San Marcos, Texas 5.1.11. Any addition to or modification of a Building of Value that has been designated by the Historic Preservation Commission shall be subject to approval by the Historic Preservation Commission. 5.2. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS 5.2.1. To the extent that a Regulating Plan for a New Community Plan designates any of the following Special Requirements, standards shall be applied as follows: a. Buildings along the A -Grid shall be held to the highest standard of this Code in support of pedestrian activity. Buildings along the B -Grid may be more readily considered for Warrants allowing automobile - oriented standards. b. A Mandatory or Recommended Retail Frontage designation requires or advises that a building provide a Shopfront at Sidewalk level along the entire length of its Private Frontage. The Shopfront shall be no less than 70% glazed in clear glass and should be shaded by an awning overlapping the Sidewalk as generally illustrated in Table 5.3. Awnings, if present, shall be a minimum of 3 feet deep. The first floor should be confined to Retail use through the depth of the second Layer. (Table 8.1 d.) c. A Mandatory or Recommended Gallery Frontage designation requires or advises that a building provide a permanent cover over the Sidewalk, either cantilevered or supported by columns (as generally illustrated in Table 5.3). A Gallery Frontage may be combined with a Retail Frontage. d. A Mandatory or Recommended porch front requires or advises that a porch be included in the Private Frontage. e. A Build -to Line requires the placement of the building Fagade along a line. f. A Coordinated Frontage designation requires that the Public Frontage (Tables 3.2 and 3.3) and Private Frontage (Table 5.3) be coordinated as a single, coherent landscape and paving design. g. A Mandatory or Recommended Terminated Vista designation requires or advises that the building be provided with architectural articulation of a type and character that responds visually to its axial location, as approved by the DRC. h. A Cross Block Passage designation requires that a minimum 8- foot -wide pedestrian access be reserved between buildings. 5.3. CIVIC ZONES (CZ) 5.3.1. GENERAL a. Civic Zones are designated on Community Plans as Civic Space (CS) or Civic Building (CB). b. For Parking Location standards, see Section 5.10. 5.3.2. CIVIC SPACES (CS) a. Civic Spaces shall be generally designed as described in Table 3.4. 5.3.3. Civic BUILDINGS (CB) a. Civic Buildings shall not be subject to the requirements of this Article. SMARTCODE VERSION 10 SC41