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ARTICLE 3. COMMUNITY PLANS San Marcos, Texas 3.6. SPECIAL DISTRICTS 3.6.1. Special District designations shall be assigned to areas that, by their intrinsic size, Function, or Configuration, cannot conform to the requirements of any Transect Zone or combination of zones. 3.6.2. Conditions of development for Special Districts shall be determined in a public hearing of City Council and recorded on Table 3.7. 3.7. THOROUGHFARE STANDARDS 3.7.1. GENERAL a. Thoroughfares are intended for use by vehicular and pedestrian traffic and to provide access to Lots and Open Spaces. b. Thoroughfares shall generally consist of vehicular lanes and Public Frontages. c. Thoroughfares shall be designed in context with the urban form and desired design speed of the Transect Zones through which they pass. The Public Frontages of Thoroughfares that pass from one Transect Zone to another shall be adjusted accordingly or, alternatively, the Transect Zone may follow the alignment of the Thoroughfare to the depth of one Lot, retaining a single Public Frontage throughout the Thoroughfare's trajectory. d. Within the most rural Zones (T1 and T2) pedestrian comfort shall be a secondary consideration of the Thoroughfare. Design conflict between vehicular and pedestrian generally shall be decided in favor of the ve- hicle. Within the more urban Transect Zones (T3 through T5) pedestrian comfort shall be a primary consideration of the Thoroughfare. Design conflict between vehicular and pedestrian movement generally shall be decided in favor of the pedestrian. e. The Thoroughfare network shall be designed to define Blocks not exceed- ing the size prescribed in Table 1.3c. The perimeter shall be measured as the sum of Lot Frontage Lines. Block perimeter at the edge of the development parcel shall be subject to approval by Warrant. f. All Thoroughfares shall terminate at other Thoroughfares, forming a network. Internal Thoroughfares shall connectwherever possible to those on adjacent sites. Cul -de -sacs shall be subject to approval by the DRC to accommodate specific site conditions only, and shall be connected by Paths and /or Bicycle Trails. g. Each Lot shall Enfront a vehicular Thoroughfare, except that 20% of the Lots within each Transect Zone may Enfront a Passage. h. Thoroughfares along a designated B -Grid may be exempted by the DRC from one or more of the specified Public Frontage or Private Frontage requirements. See Table 5.3. i. Paths and Bicycle Trails shall meet AASHTO standards. j. The standards for Thoroughfares within Special Districts shall be deter- mined by Warrant. SMARTCOOE VERSION 10 SC1 5