Ord 2016-011/amending various sections of the Land Development Code as follows: amending Section 2.1.1.1 to clarify what standards from Chapter 6 apply in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City; amending the Land Use Matrix in Section 4.3.1.2 to m

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AS FOLLOWS: AMENDING SECTION 2.1.1.1 TO CLARIFY WHAT STANDARDS FROM CHAPTER 6 APPLY IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY; AMENDING THE LAND USE MATRIX IN SECTION 4.3.1.2 TO MAKE HOSPITALS A PERMITTED USE IN AREAS ZONED AS (P) PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICTS AND TO ADD SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITY AS A NEW LAND USE UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL USES SECTION OF THE MATRIX; AMENDING SECTION 6.2.1.2 TO ADD MINIMUM OFF - STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITIES; AND AMENDING CHAPTER S, ARTICLE 2, TO ADD A NEW DEFINITION FOR SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 1. City staff proposed and the Planning and Zoning Commission has considered and recommended approval of revisions and amendments to the Land Development Code. 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the adoption of the following ordinance incorporating such revisions and amendments is in the interest of the public health, welfare and safety. BE IT ORDAINED OF SECTION 1. The Land Development Code is amended as set forth below. Added text is indicated by underlining. Deleted text is indicated by strikethroughs. SECTION 2. Section 2.1.1.1(a)(5) is amended as follows: (a) Regulations and authority. The following regulatory standards shall govern development in the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction and shall be applied in deciding development applications in the extraterritorial jurisdiction: (1) Standards governing annexation and development agreements in this Chapter 2, Article 2, on the authority of and pursuant to Tex. Loc. Gov't Code chs. 43 and 212, subchapter G; (2) Policies and standards governing utility extensions in this Chapter 2, Article 3;