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<br />Sector Five <br /> <br />Chapter 3 - Tomorrow <br /> <br />Future Land Use Plan <br /> <br />This section describes the future land use pattern for Sector Five, as developed through <br />the planning process based on the concerns and desires of the stakeholders, the goals and <br />policies of the city's adopted master plan, and general urban and regional planning <br />principles. The descriptive text in this Plan, as well as the Future Land Use Map, are <br />intended to guide development-related decisions by the City Council and the Planning <br />and Zoning Commission. Thefuture land use plan indicates how land will be used in the <br />future, not how the land is currently being used nor how the land is currently zoned. <br /> <br />Sector Five encompasses 2,747 acres, or 4.3 square miles; 22% of the 19.3 square miles <br />in the City of San Marcos. The Sector Five future land uses by category are: <br /> <br />Table 3-1: Future Land Use <br />Acreal!e <br />217.5 <br />192.7 <br />16.2 <br />196.8 <br />810.7 <br />587.8 <br />307.1 <br />180.8 <br />237.3 <br />2,747.0 <br /> <br />Land Use Catel!orv <br />Very Low Density Residential <br />Low Density Residential <br />Medium Density Residential <br />High Density Residential <br />Commercial <br />Industrial <br />Public and Institutional <br />Open Space <br />Street Rights-of-way <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />Percental!e <br />7.9% <br />7.0% <br />0.6% <br />7.2% <br />29.5% <br />21.4% <br />11.2% <br />6.6% <br />8.6% <br />100.0% <br /> <br />September 200] <br /> <br />Future land use categories are defined by how the land will be used in the future, and not <br />by how the land is currently being used or how the land is currently zoned. The Sector <br />Five Future Land Use Plan map follows this section and is described below. <br /> <br />Very Low Density Residential <br />Approximately 12% of the acreage in Sector Five is designated very low density <br />residential. Very low density residential land uses are characterized by residential units <br />representing a density of zero to three dwelling units per acre. All of the land designated <br />very low density residential in Sector Five is located along the San Marcos River. <br /> <br />Low Density Residential <br />Approximately 9% of the acreage in Sector Five is designated low density residential. <br />Low density residential land uses are characterized by residential units representing a <br />density of three to six dwelling units per acre. The majority of areas designated low <br />density residential are the Hills of Hays, Mockingbird Hills, Sunset Acres and Wallace <br />Addition neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Adopted: April 22, 2002 <br /> <br />3-2 <br />