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• <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2011- 2 7 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE OF THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE <br />LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AS FOLLOWS: AMENDING CHAPTER <br />1, ARTICLE 2 BY AUTHORIZING THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO <br />APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS TO STANDARDS IN <br />THE CODE; AMENDING CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 6 BY ESTABLISHING <br />A SIMPLE PLAT AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR ELIMINATING A LOT <br />LINE BETWEEN TWO LOTS UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP; <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 1 TO AKNOWLEDGE THE <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR'S AUTHORITY TO APPROVE <br />ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS; AMENDING CHAPTER 4, <br />ARTICLE 3 BY ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR REBEWABLE <br />ENERGY SYSTEMS; AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 1 BY <br />MODIFYING STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN FENCES AND BY <br />ESTABLISHING ON -SITE REFUSE AND RECYCLING STANDARDS; <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 8 BY ADDING DEFINITIONS RELATED TO <br />RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AND A DEFINITION FOR STUDIO <br />APARTMENT; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR <br />THE REPEAL OF ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />i RECITALS: <br />1. City staff proposed and the Planning and Zoning Commission has considered and <br />recommended approval of revisions and amendments to the Land Development Code. <br />2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the adoption of the following <br />ordinance incorporating such revisions and amendments is in the interest of the public health, <br />welfare and safety. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br />TEXAS: <br />SECTION 1. The Land Development Code is amended as set forth below. Added text <br />is indicated by underlining. Deleted text is indicated by strikethroughs. <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 1, Development Procedures, Article 2, Authority of Decision - <br />Makers, Section 1.2.2.2, Planning Director, is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as <br />follows: <br />(c) The Planning Director is hereby authorized to approve administrative <br />adjustments to certain standards in this Code as provided in this Section. An <br />administrative adjustment may be approved if it does not materially affect or chance by <br />• more than 10 percent factors such as, but not limited to, project density, land area or size, <br />