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controlling adjacent land use development. Airports across the country are under significant pressure from encroachment by growing communities. Environ- mental concerns, especially noise complaints, are taking a toll on airport proprietors as they are finding it difficult to effectively manage and operate an airport in the face of stern opposition. This is not the case at San Marcos at this time. Without effective control over land use development, however, developmental pressures could negatively effect the long term viability of the airport. As part of the City's grant agreements with the State and FAA, the City must assure that compatible land uses are maintained. For this reason, the City make every effort to maintain adequate control over the development of areas adjacent to the airport. The City already has the option of utilizing the Joint Airport Zoning Board to influence compatible land uses. This method can be effective in maintaining compatible uses, however, does not provide the City with absolute authority, and thus, full developmental control. If this method does not work, the City should consider annexation. The extent of annexation will rest solely on the discretion of the City leaders, however, an area of one square mile around the airport should provide sufficient controlling land use authority to ensure adequate compatible land uses near the airport. AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN SET Per FAA and TxDOT requirements, an official Airport Layout Plan (ALP) has been developed for San Marcos Municipal Airport and can be found at the end of this chapter. The ALP drawing graphically presents the existing and ultimate airport layout. The ALP is used by FAA and TxDOT to determine funding eligibility for future development projects. The ALP was prepared on a computer aided drafting (CAD) system for future ease of use. The computerized plan set provides detailed information of existing and future facility layout on multiple layers that permits the user to focus in on any section of the airport at a desirable scale. The plan can be used as base information for design, and can be easily updated in the future to reflect new development and more detail concerning existing conditions as made available through design surveys. A number of related drawings, which depict the ultimate airspace and lands ide development, will be included with the ALP once the draft master plan concept detailed in this chapter is finalized. The following provides a brief discussion ofthe additional drawings to be included with the ALP: F.A.R. PART 77 AIRSPACE PLAN To protect the airspace around the airport and approaches to each runway 5-7