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CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION (HPC) <br />The HPC considers applications for the designation of local historic districts and historic landmarks, <br />applications for Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) related to designated properties and <br />discusses certain requests for demolition. Having an HPC is one of the requirements for a community <br />to establish and maintain participation in the CLG program. On the following page, the CLG <br />requirements for preservation commissions are presented alongside the status of the HPC in San <br />Marcos. In addition to these requirements, the HPC operates under a set of approved by-laws. <br />In Texas, the City Code of Ordinances <br />is a comprehensive compilation of all <br />local laws, regulations, and ordinances <br />passed by the city council. Often a <br />subsection of the Code of Ordinances, <br />Land Development Code addresses <br />regulations for development <br />procedures, subdivisions, zoning, land <br />use, environmental compliance, and <br />supplemental development standards. <br />San Marcos City Code of Ordinances <br />establishes the HPC under Chapter <br />2, Article 3, Division 7, which sets the <br />composition and terms of office, and <br />Property Maintenance Code, which <br />applies to all properties historic or not, <br />under Chapter 14, Article 4. The City of <br />San Marcos Land Development Code <br />SMDC is located in Subpart B of the <br />City Code of Ordinances. The SMDC <br />includes regulations for development <br />procedures, subdivisions, zoning, land <br />use, environmental compliance, and <br />supplemental development standards. <br />It outlines HPC procedures in Chapter <br />2 and Demolition by Neglect and <br />alternative district types in Chapter 4. <br />98 SAN MARCOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN (2026) <br />