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I I I Sector One Chapter 2 - Today Commercial Commercial includes office, retail, service, lodging, and related uses and can be further categorized into the following subcategories: Neighborhood Commercial includes residential, office, and neighborhood supporting business and institutional uses that preserve residential character through building scale, building appearance, and appropriate landscaping, and signage. Community Commercial includes high-quality shopping and business areas that enhance the character and quality of life in the city through quality site design, building materials, building appearance, landscaping, and signage. General Commercial includes moderate-quality community shopping and business areas, often exclusively auto-oriented and located in commercial strips. Heavy Commercial includes intensive commercial uses such as mini-warehouses, automotive repair, other equipment repair or storage, uses with significant outdoor storage, and uses that generate heavy truck or rail traffic. Central Business Area includes higher intensity urban retail and office uses typically found in a downtown business district. Many Neighborhood Commercial uses are located along Moore Street (RR 12) and Hopkins, closer to downtown in the northern part of the Sector. General Commercial uses are located at the Bishop/Hopkins intersection and along Hopkins southwest of the San Antonio Street intersection. A mixture of Community Commercial and General Commercial uses are located along Wonder World Drive and the Dutton Dr/Corporate Dr loop. In addition, the tourist attraction Wonder World Cave is located on Prospect Street. A tract of Heavy Commercial is located on Gravel Street. Industrial Industrial includes manufacturing, assembly, warehousing, distribution, storage and related uses. The only industrial use in Sector One is a small tract at the corner of Valley Street and Shady Lane. Parks. Floodwav. and Open Space Parks includes lands designated for both active recreation (playgrounds, play fields, play courts, etc) and passive recreation (trails, picnic areas, nature preserves, etc.), typically owned by the City of San Marcos and managed by the City's Parks and Recreation Department. The Floodway is the protected area of stream channels where development is prohibited. Open Space includes other undevelopable publicly or privately owned land that is not parkland or jloodway. Approximately 12% of the acreage in Sector One is parkland, floodway, or other open space. There are two parks in the Sector: a newly-dedicated unnamed park located at the intersection of Dixon Street and Hoffheinz Street and Dunbar Park adjacent to MLK Drive and Mitchell Street that includes the Dunbar Community Center, picnic tables, basketball courts, a playground, a multi-purpose field, and a BMX track. Other open space includes the protected site around Ezell's Cave located off of Brown Street. DRAFT: September 13, 2004 2-8