Ord 2018-004/amending various sections of the San Marcos City Code for consistency with, or to complement concurrent adoption of the new San Marcos Development Code (“CodeSMTX”);

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master plan(s), the impacts of the utility district, and the policy set forth in this division. (6) It is in the city's preferred growth area. (7) The city does not support MUDS that are in industrial or commercial areas. (8) The district's ad valorem tax rate will approximate or exceed the city's rate. (9) It must be located entirely within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction. (10) The city discourages the use of sewer package treatment plants. (11) It will require the developer(s) to contribute a portion of infrastructure without reimbursement by the MUD or the city. (12) The development supported by the MUD provides extraordinary public benefits(such as extension or enhancement of infrastructure, affordable housing, environmental improvement, public transportation facilities, and open space). Whether development supported by the MUD provides sufficient public benefits should be determined by weighing the value of the benefits to the community, and to the property in the MUD, against the costs to the city including delayed annexation. The city council will consider benefits including but limited to: a. Land use controls (including land plans') that otherwise would not be available in the city's ETJ; b. Amenities that would not typically accompany a development with conventional financing; c. Connectivity with other existing city infrastructure; d. The potential for city capital improvement program funds to be redirected to other high priority needs by financing capital infrastructure with alternative MUD financing and by the application of post-annexation surcharges; e. School and public safety sites, and transportation infrastructure, sufficient to meet development needs.