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• fences, and building facades shall, if necessary, form cohesive <br />walls of enclosure along a street, to ensure visual compatibility of <br />the building to the other buildings to which it is visually related. <br />j. Scale of a building. The size of a building, the mass of a building <br />in relation to open spaces, the windows, door openings, porches <br />and balconies shall be visually compatible with the other buildings <br />to which it is visually related. <br />(2) The Historic Preservation Commission may use as general guidelines, in <br />addition to the specific guidelines contained in subsections (a) and (b) of <br />this section, the City of San Marcos Design Guidelines, the City of San <br />Marcos Sign Design Guidelines for the Downtown Historic District, and <br />the current Standards for Historic Preservation Projects issued by the <br />United States Secretary of the Interior. The City Council may, after <br />receiving recommendations from the Historic Preservation Commission <br />and Planning and Zoning Commission, approve revisions to the City of <br />San Marcos Design Guidelines or the City of San Marcos Sign Design <br />Guidelines for the Downtown Historic District by resolution. <br />(k) Acquisition of Historic Easements. The City may acquire, by purchase, <br />donation or condemnation, historic easements in any area within its jurisdiction wherever <br />• and to the extent that the City Council, upon the recommendation of the Historic <br />Preservation Commission, determines that the acquisition will be in the public interest. <br />For the purpose of this Section, the term "historic easement" means any easement, <br />restriction, covenant or condition running with the land, designated to preserve, maintain <br />or enhance all or part of the existing state of places of historic, architectural or cultural <br />significance. <br />(1) Alteration of Local Landmark. Alteration of a historic landmark shall be in <br />accordance with Section 1.5.6.4(e). <br />metric++ demelished, fnat°,.:^lly altered, remodeled, el ^+°a may be only after- the ErAffief or pefsen in eharge of the !a-ndfnadE has given 190 <br />G <br />(2) Pur-ing this 180 er4ed, the Commissionna that the <br />the el4y. <br />(3' TM ring this period of atime -drier--thefete €ellowing--notiee 6 <br />•