Ord 2013-002/Amending SmartCode Articles 1,3,5 and 8

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ARTICLE 3. 4I11111111W COMMUNITY PLANS San Marcos, Texas R, " °f'lllf`1 lllllllll; 3 Vllll; W COMMUNITY PLANS 3.1. INSTRUCTIONS 3.1.1. Once the City Council approves a SmartCode District, the parcel shall become a I New Community Plan Area and shall be marked as such on the Zoning Map of City of San Marcos. Within the I New Community Plan Area, this Code shall be the exclusive and mandatory zoning regulation, and its provisions shall be applied in their entirety. 3.1.2. New Community Regulating Plans submitted in accordance with the provi- sions of this Code, for the appropriate Division of a Regional Plan and requir- ing no Variances, shall be approved administratively by the DRC. 3.1.3. Regulating Plans consisting of one or more maps showing the following for each Community Unit in the plan area, in compliance with the standards described in this Article: a. Transect Zones b. Civic Zones c. Thoroughfare network d. Special Districts, if any e. Special Requirements, if any f. numbers of Warrants or Variances, if any. 3.2. SEQUENCE OF COMMUNITY DESIGN 3.2.1. The site shall be structured using one or several Pedestrian Sheds applicable to its Community Unit type as required in Section 3.3. The Pedestrian Shed(s) should be located according to existing conditions, such as traffic intersec- tions, adjacent developments, transit stations, and natural features. The site or any Community Unit within it may be smaller or larger than its Pedestrian Shed. The Pedestrian Shed is a planning guide, not a regulatory unit. 3.2.2. The Pedestrian Sheds may be adjusted to include land falling between or outside them. Community Unit boundaries are determined by the boundaries of these adjusted Pedestrian Sheds and /or partial Pedestrian Sheds. 3.2.3. Areas of Transect Zones (Section 3.4) shall be allocated within the boundar- ies of each Community Unit as appropriate to its type. See Section 3.3 and Table 1.3a. 3.2.4. Civic Zones shall be assigned according to Section 3.5. 3.2.5. Special Districts, if any, shall be assigned according to Section 3.6. 3.2.6. The Thoroughfare network shall be laid out according to Section 3.7. 3.2.7. Density shall be calculated according to Section 3.8. 3.2.8. Remnants of the site outside the Community Units shall be assigned to Transect Zones, Civic Space or Special District by the DRC. 3.3. COMMUNITY UNIT TYPES 3.3.1. CLUSTERED LAND DEVELOPMENT (CLD) a. A Clustered Land Development (CLD) shall be permitted within the G -1 Restricted Growth Division. b. A CLD shall be structured by one Standard Pedestrian Shed and shall consist of no fewer than 40 contiguous acres and no more than 80 SC12 SMARTCODE VERSION 10