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ARTICLE 3. COMMUNITY PLANS San Marcos, Texas Site Area shall be allocated to the various Transect Zones according to the parameters specified in Table 1.3a. 3.8.2. Density shall be expressed in terms of dwelling units per acre as specified for the area of each Transect Zone by Table 1.3b. For purposes of Density calculation, the Transect Zones include the Thoroughfares but not land as- signed to Civic Zones.To ensure Mixed Use, the T5 Zone should be required to provide a minimum 15% Retail and 15% Office. 3.8.3. The housing and other Functions for each Transect Zone shall be subject to further adjustment at the building scale as limited by Table 5.5, Table 5.6 and Section 5.9. 3.9. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS 3.9.1. A New Community Plan may designate any of the following Special Require- ments: A differentiation of the Thoroughfares as A -Grid and B -Grid. Buildings along the A -Grid shall be held to the highest standard of this Code in support of pedestrian activity. Buildings along the B -Grid may be more readily considered for Warrants allowing automobile- oriented standards. The Frontages assigned to the B -Grid shall not exceed 30% of the total length of Frontages within a Pedestrian Shed. b. Mandatory and /or Recommended Retail Frontage requiring or advising that a building provide a Shopfront at Sidewalk level along the entire length of its Private Frontage. c. Mandatory and /or Recommended Gallery Frontage, requiring or advis- ing that a building provide a permanent cover over the Sidewalk, either cantilevered or supported by columns. The Gallery Frontage designation may be combined with a Retail Frontage designation. d. Mandatory and /or Recommended porch front, requiring or advising that a porch be included in the Private Frontage. e. Build -to Line, requiring the placement of the building Fagade along the line. Coordinated Frontage, requiring that the Public Frontage (Tables 3.2 and 3.3) and Private Frontage (Table 5.3) be coordinated as a single, coherent landscape and paving design. Mandatory and /or Recommended Terminated Vista locations, requiring or advising thatthe building be provided with architectural articulation of a type and character that responds visually to the location, as approved by the DRC. Cross Block Passages, requiring that a minimum 8- foot -wide pedestrian access be reserved between buildings. Buildings of Value, requiring that such buildings and structures may be altered or demolished only in accordance with the Land Development. Code requirements for historic districts and landmarks. SMARTCOOE VERSION 10 SC17