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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes February 19, 2019 <br />Staff explained the 1/4 mile radius boundary further and that it could be larger <br />than that, but it would be based on what the neighborhood tells staff. <br />Council requested that meetings be held in the Neighborhoods. <br />Council provided consensus for Staff to add churches to the stakeholder <br />outreach list. <br />Discussion was held regarding utilizing current maps that we already have to <br />aid in the boundary development to prevent from having an additional map. <br />Council requested that there be a focus on the neighborhoods that may be left <br />out. <br />Council provided direction to changes the word `targeted' to `focused' related <br />to the neighborhood application workshops. <br />Council would like one large map with transitional areas and not use the <br />1/4 -mile radius. It was mentioned that the map with the 12 identified areas <br />could be utilized. Staff indicated that before they will move forward with <br />Phase 2 that they will need to get a copy of the map, formulate around that <br />and will bring it back to the Council for review. <br />2. Receive a Staff presentation and hold discussion of a proposed amendment to the San <br />Marcos Development Code to allow for Planned Development Districts (PDD), and <br />provide direction to Staff. <br />Shannon Mattingly, Planning and Development Services Director, began by <br />providing a brief history of Planned Development Districts (PDDs). She <br />explained that it is an zoning overlay district and that there have been 32 PDDs <br />approved. She provided the benefits that they are site specific negotiations, <br />allows for flexibility for special users and provided increased standards. She <br />reviewed the constraints that they provide a lack of predictability, <br />incompatible development and too complex and time consuming. Previously <br />they could be used on lots as small as 2 acres. <br />Ms. Mattingly provided that PDDs were replaced by Existing Neighborhood <br />Regulating Plans and Planning Area Districts. Ms. Mattingly explained that a <br />Existing Neighborhood Regulating Plan is a Zoning Overlay District that is <br />required for a zoning change. It is more restrictive than base zoning and there <br />is no waiver of standards. She provided that it addresses the following: Type <br />and number of lots and buildings, transitional protective yards, infill <br />compatibility standards, streets/streetscape, parkland and parking location. <br />City of San Marcos Page 4 <br />