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

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172. Plumbing Code: the current version of the Plumbing Code adopted by the City. 173. Plumbing Fixture: a water closet, bathtub, separate shower, lavatory, urinal, Kitchen or kitchenette sink, household laundry, drain of any type or other similar receptacle that Discharges wastes into the Wastewater System. 174. Plumbing Permit: any Plumbing Permit issued by the City Building Inspection Division. 175. Pollutant: any gaseous, liquid or solid material capable of causing Pollution of surface waters or groundwaters. 176. Pollution or Polluting: the Alteration of the physical, thermal, chemical, or biological quality of, or the contamination of the natural environment that renders it harmful, detrimental, or injurious to humans, animal life, vegetation, or property, or to public health, safety or welfare, or impairs the usefulness of the public enjoyment of the natural environment for any lawful or reasonable purpose. 177. Portable Sign: a transportable Sign of durable construction, including a trailer used for advertising or promotional purposes, which is not designed to be permanently affixed to a Building, other Structure or the ground. 178. Potable Water: water that complies with TCEQ rules for drinking water and other domestic uses. 179. Premises: a parcel or tract of land or one or more platted Lots under the same ownership and use, together with the Buildings and Structures located thereon. 180. Principal Building: the Main Building on a Lot, usually located toward the Frontage. 181. Principal Entrance: the main point of access for pedestrians into a Building. 182. Principal Use: a predominant and primary Use of a Building or a Lot, described in Table 5.1 (Land Matrix Use). cesspools, sewage holding tanks, injection wells used to dispose of sewage, chemical toilets, treatment tanks and all other facilities, systems and methods used for the disposal of sewage other than disposal systems operated under a waste Discharge permit issued by the state. 183. Private Sewage Facilities: septic tanks, pit privies,

184. Public Improvement Construction Plans: the drawings and technical specifications, including bid documents and contract conditions, where applicable, providing a graphic and written description of the character and scope of the work to be performed in Construction or Development. 185. Public Right-Of-Way: a strip of land used or intended to be used, wholly or in part, as a Public Thoroughfare, Alley, Crosswalk Way, Sidewalk or Drainage way. 186. Public View: areas that can be seen from any Public Thoroughfare, Parkland, Civic Zone or other public place. baccalaureate or graduate degree in the natural science of geology from an accredited university and has training and experience in groundwater hydrology or Edwards Limestone karst geology, or has demonstrated such qualifications by registration or licensing through a state or professional organization that certifies their background of training and experience in groundwater hydrology or Edwards Limestone karst geology. 188. Radio, Television or Microwave Tower: See Antenna, Microwave Reflector and Antenna Support Structure. constituting the Edwards Aquifer outcrop, including the outcrops of other geologic formations in proximity to the Edwards Aquifer, where caves, sinkholes, faults, fractures, or other Geologic Features and Manmade Features would create a potential for recharge of surface waters into the Edwards Aquifer. The Recharge Zone is identified as such on official TCEQ maps, which are incorporated in this Development Code by reference. The Recharge Zone includes all areas defined as Water Quality Zones for the Edwards Aquifer in this Development Code. 190. Reconstruction: rehabilitation or Replacement of a Structure which either has been damaged, Altered or removed or which is proposed to be Altered or removed to an extent exceeding 50 percent of the replacement cost of the Structure at the time of the damage, Alteration or removal. 187. Qualified Geologist: a person who has received a 189. Recharge Zone: the area where the stratigraphic units

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Amended: January 21, 2025 San Marcos Development Code