Ord 2020-059/amending various sections of the City’s Development Code to, among other things, address recommendations from the Alcohol Conditional Use Permit Committee, the Housing Task Force, the Historic Preservation Commission, and recommendations from

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x a r+m a d. San Marcos Reinvestment Corporation and San DIVISION 2: NOTICE REQUIREMENTS Marcos Habitat for Humanity when building new affordable single-family residential dwellings; Section 2.3.2.1General Notice Requirements e. The Housing Authority of the City of San Marcos,for For public notice and hearing requirements see Table 2.1 construction projects on property it owns,for low- A. Published Notice.Whenever published notice is required income housing or administrative offices; and under state law,the City Charter, or this Development Code, f. Any taxing unit as defined under Section 1.04(11) of the Responsible Official shall cause notice to be published in the Texas Tax Code for construction projects having a a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least 16 days permitted value of$1,000.00 or less. before the date set for the required hearing. I. Modification of Applications.The applicant may modify 1. The notice shall set forth the: any application following its filing and prior to the expiration of the period during which the city is required to act on the a. Date,time, and location of the hearing; application. b. Purpose of the hearing; and 1. Submittal of a modified application shall extend the time c. Identification of the subject property if the decision for deciding the application for a period equal to the time concerns an individual tract or parcel of land. specified in this Development Code to decide the original application. B. Personal Notice.Whenever personal notice of a public hearing is required by state law,the City Charter, or this Development J. Application Review. Following the determination that an Code,the responsible official shall cause notice to be sent by application is complete,the responsible official shall: regular mail at least 11 days prior to the hearing date unless a 1. Circulate the application for review by city departments or longer time period is identified in this development code. external agencies as applicable and compile the comments C. Comprehensive plan map amendments initiated by a property and recommendations; owner, any zoning map amendment, and a conditional use 2. Forward the application for review to any advisory body permit allowing the on premise consumption of alcohol or and the final decision-maker, and prepare a report to such purpose built student housing require that the responsible body; and official send notice by regular mail at least 17 days prior to the hearing date. 3. Prepare required notices and schedule the application for D. Whenever personal notice is required by this development code decision within the time and in the manner required by this notice shall be sent to the following addresses: Development Code. K. Action by Advisory Body. In the absence of a recommendation a. Each owner of real property located within four from an advisory body by a majority vote on a proposed hundred (400)feet of the exterior boundary of the application,the advisory body shall be presumed conclusively property in question and any other persons deemed to have recommended that the application be considered by the by the responsible official or decision-maker to be city council with no recommendation from the advisory body. affected by the application; L. Decision.The decision-maker for the application shall approve, b. Council of Neighborhood Associations (CONA)representative and president; approve with conditions or deny the application. M. Conditions.Where applicable the initial or final decision-maker c. Neighborhood Commission representative and may attach such conditions to the approval of an application president; as are reasonably necessary to assure compliance with this Development Code. 2:12 San Marcos Development Code Amended: September 1, 2020