07.31.2017 Code SMTX Amendments Review Workshop

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r„F4,1/4.�,�o, 630 East Hopkins sniv Marcos City of San Marcos San Marcos,TX 78666 0 Meeting Minutes City Council Monday, July 31, 2017 5:30 PM City Council Chambers 630 E. Hopkins - Code SMTX Amendments Review Workshop I. Call To Order With a quorum present, the CodeSMTX workshop meeting of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Thomaides at 5:31p.m. Monday, July 31, 2017 in the City Council Chambers, 630 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666. II. Roll Call Present: 7- Mayor John Thomaides, Mayor Pro-Tern Jane Hughson, Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Lisa Prewitt, Council Member Saul Gonzales, Council Member Ed Mihalkanin, Council Member Scott Gregson and Council Member Melissa Derrick PUBLIC HEARINGS - 5:30 PM 1, Hold a public hearing and receive a Staff presentation regarding the proposed amendments to be included in the final draft of Code SMTX, and provide direction to Staff. Abigail Gillfillan, Planning Manager, provided the City Council with a brief overview of what was reviewed at the July 17, 2017 workshop, and what is left to review. Ms. Gillfillan began by reviewing the Existing Neighborhood Character section. Policy Decision #1: Single Family Preservation Area Buffer. The Council provided consensus to go with the Planning and Zoning recommendation of creating a new section establishing a metric to be applied to all zoning change requests which states: If the area,within a 200 ft. radius of the subject property, consists of more than 50% conventional residential or ND-3 districts, no other zoning district may be requested. Council also provided consensus that Rental Registration will be expanded to all include all rental properties regardless of housing type. The Council provided consensus to not include the proposed additional Planning and Zoning Commission amendment of play equipment being included in any cottage court style development. City of San Marcos Page 1