ORD-2025-01 Design Manual Effective 2025.1.21

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Design Guidelines

family, duplex, rowhouses, small multi-family, live/work, and small commercial. Buildings are typically two to three stories. Setbacks are shallow to medium and landscaping is variable. Streets with curbs and sidewalks define medium sized blocks. 5. CD-5 (Urban Center). Consists of higher density mixed use buildings that accommodate the widest range of uses including retail, offices, rowhouses, apartments, day cares, post offices, libraries, small neighborhood retail, live-work spaces, and places of worship. Buildings are predominantly attached and typically range from two to five stories. It has a tight network of streets, with wide sidewalks, regularly spaced street tree planting and buildings set close to the sidewalks. 6. CD-5D (Urban Center Downtown). CD-5D is similar in character to CD-5 except that it is found within the Downtown. This district consists of infill development area where block structure, thoroughfares and civic spaces have been established. Some metrics vary from CD-5 such as lot occupation and principal building heights.

(Ord. No. 2025-01, 1-21-25)

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Amended: January 21, 2025 San Marcos Design Manual