ORD-2025-01 Development Code Effective January 25, 2025

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Definitions

135. Lot, Irregular: any Lot not having equal front and rear Lot Lines or equal side Lot Lines; a Lot, the opposite Lot Lines of which vary in dimension and the corners of which have an angle of either more or less than 90 degrees. 136. Lot Layer: a range of depth of a Lot within which certain elements are permitted. 137. Lot Line: the boundary that legally and geometrically demarcates a Lot.

Manufactured Housing Standards Act (V.T.C.A., Occupations Code, Chapter 1201).

143. Master Plan: the Comprehensive Plan, as amended.

144. Mezzanine: an intermediate or fractional Story between the floor and ceiling of a main Story, and usually located just above the ground or main floor and extending over only part of the main floor. 145. Minor Recharge Feature: a sensitive Geologic Feature or Manmade Feature that, because of its characteristics and setting, may cause small quantities of surface water to recharge the Edwards Aquifer, and has a contributing Drainage area of less than 1.6 acres. 146. Mixed Use: multiple Principal Uses within the same Building through superimposition or Adjacency, or in multiple Buildings by Adjacency or proximity. 147. Mobile Home: a Structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when Erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. The term does not include a Recreational Vehicle as that term is defined by this Development Code. 148. Moderate Recharge Feature: a sensitive Geologic Feature or Manmade Feature that, because of its characteristics and setting, is likely to cause small quantities of surface water to directly recharge the Edwards Aquifer, and has a contributing Drainage area between 1.6 acres and 10 inclusive. 149. Model Home: a dwelling in a developing Subdivision, located on a legal Lot of record, that is limited to temporary Use as a sales office for the Subdivision and to provide an example of the dwellings which have been built or which are proposed to be built within the same Subdivision.

138. Lot Width: the shortest average distance between the side Lot Lines, which is normally that distance measured along a straight line connecting the midpoint of the two side Lot Lines; the length of the Principal Frontage Line of a Lot. 139. Major Recharge Feature: a sensitive Geologic Feature or Manmade Feature that, because of its characteristics and setting, is likely to cause a significant quantity of direct recharge of surface water to the Edwards Aquifer, and has a contributing Drainage area of greater than ten acres and/or occurs within a Floodplain or streambed. 140. Manmade Feature: a feature, including but not limited to, closed depressions, wells, borings and Excavations. 141. Manufactured Home: either a Mobile Home or a HUD-Code Manufactured Home. 142. Manufactured Housing: any one of three types of prefabricated housing products which are typically manufactured or assembled at a location other than the end user’s permanent site, and which are regulated by the Texas

150. Modular Home: synonymous with Industrialized Home.

151. Motor Freight Company: a company using Trucks or other Heavy Load Vehicles to transport goods, equipment and

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Amended: January 21, 2025 San Marcos Development Code