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Regular Meeting December 9, 2002 60. Page 5 recommending a five-year grandfathering limit for any projects which have an tpproved master plan. Mr. Sherwood Bishop stated he supports this item. He ;tated he feels it is important to raise impact fees to pay for new :onstruction. Rate payers are now paying for development. He stated Council can grant a variance and waive fees in order to address affordable housing. He thinks the five-year grandfathering is too long and should be reduced to two or three years. Ms. Narvaiz stated she appreciates Staff's hard work. She encourages people to tie into existing system. She stated she wants an annual review to take place in October instead of January as recommended by the Staff, and therefore she will not support this Ordinance as written. Mr. Taylor inquired as to the effectiveness of reducing the grandfathering to three years. Mr. O'Leary stated he thinks it would be difficult to determine the figures since developers all build at different rates. Mayor Habingreither stated he feels there needs to be a balance and thinks five years is reasonable. Mr. Mihalkanin stated he feels the grandfathered developments should have five years to be completed. Mr. Taylor stated he feels someone has to pay. On roll call for adoption on emergency, the following vote was recorded: AYE: Mihalkanin, Montoya, Habingreither, Mayhew and Tatum. NAY: Narvaiz and Taylor. ~BSTAIN : None. Mayor Habingreither introduced for consideration adoption of a Zoning Ordinance, the caption which was read as follows (public hearing held December 2, 2002): AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY BY REZONING A 458 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, TRACT OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE 3900-4700 BLOCKS OF STATE HIGHWAY 123 SOUTH AS "c" COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (2 ACRES), "P" PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT (99 ACRES), "SR" SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (93.50 ACRES), "R-1" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT LOW DENSITY (115.72 ACRES), "ZL" ZERO LOT LINE DWELLING DISTRICT MEDIUM DENSITY (45 ACRES), "LB" LIMITED BUSINESS DISTRICT (5.86 ACRES), "TH-2" TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT MEDIUM DENSITY (36.15 ACRES), "MF-2" MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT MEDIUM DENSITY (9.73 ACRES), AND "MF-3" MULTI- FAMILY DISTRICT HIGH DENSITY (29.67 ACRES); INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES. Mr. Mihalkanin moved for adoption of the Zoning Ordinance and Mr. Mayhew seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Habingreither introduced for consideration an Ordinance on first reading, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, REVISING RESIDENTIAL WATER AND WASTEWATER DEPOSITS UNDER SECTION 86.197 OF THE CITY CODE;