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150 ORDINANCE NO. 1975 - 4 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 16 OF APPENDIX A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS BY DELETING SECTION 16(3) AND SUBSTI- TUTING IN ITS PLACE A NEW SUBSECTION {3) TO SECTION 19 SO AS TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR ALL MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICTS AND STRUCTURES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: I SECTION 1. That Section 16, subsection 3 of Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances of the City of San Marcos, Texas, be, and is hereby, deleted and in all things t;epealed. SECTION 2. That a new subsection 3 of Section 16 of Appendix A of said Code be, and is hereby, approved, enacted, and adopted so as to read as follows: 3. For any multi-family dwelling in any zoning district or for any structure altered into a multi-family dwelling from any other classifi- cation, off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule. For each: Efficiency Apartment One (1) Bedroom Apartment Two (2) Bedroom Apartment Each Additional Bedroom 1 1/2 Spaces 2 Spaces 3 Spaces 1 Space When the computation for the number of parking spaces required under this Ordinance results in the requirement of a fractional space, the fractional space requirement shall be satisfied by adding one additional space to the whole-space total. I All parking areas and spaces shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the attached tables and illustrative diagrams as approved by the City Council as evidenced by Exhibit "A" and "B" attached hereto and incorporated herein. Said tables and diagrams shall be kept of record in the office of the City Secretary and Director of Public Works for inspection by the public during reasonable office hours. In addition: A. All parking areas and spaces shall be designed and constructed so as to have free ingress and egress at all times. B. No parking space or parking area shall be designed so as to require a vehicle to back into a public street or alleyway. C. No parking space or parking area shall be constructed with a slope of more than six percent (6%). In such cases where a variance may be granted to construct a parking area with a slope of more than six percent (6%), which in no instance shall exceed twelve percent (12%), each parking space shall be constructed at right angles to the slope. In the event the Board of Adjustment shall consider a variance, the Board of Adjustment shall have the authority to impose drainage standards calculated to minimize the effect of the increased slope. I D. All parking areas and parking spaces shall be designed and constructed to protect adjacent residences from the direct glare of headlights of vehicles using the parking area. In accordance, all .off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened on each side by a solid wall or fence from any adjoining property. Such wall or fence shall not be less than four (4) feet or more than six (6) feet in height, shall be placed on the property line, and shall be maintained in good condition, without any adver- tising thereon. The space between such wall or fence and the lot line of any adjoining residential property shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs, or evergreen ground cover. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than ten (10) feet in width and planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge, or dense planting of evergreen shrubs, not less than four (4) feet in height, may be substituted. E. All parking areas and parking spaces shall have an all-weather surface consisting of asphaltic concrete or portland cement concrete. Said area and spaces shall be constructed in accordance with Exhibit "c" attached hereto and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes, a copy of which is kept of record in the office of the City Secretary and Director of Public Works for inspection by the public during reasonable office hours.