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

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Definitions

191. Recorded Plat: a Development Plat or a Subdivision Plat that has been finally approved by the City and that has been filed with the applicable county after meeting all City requirements for recordation under Chapter 3, Article 2, Division 3 of this Development Code.

Easement preventing the extension of the Right-of-Way or Easement without the expressed consent of the owner. 201. Residential: Use characterizing premises available for long term human dwelling, exclusive of Lodging. 202. Responsible Official: the director of the City department who has been designated to accept a type of Development Application for filing, to review and make recommendations concerning such applications, and where authorized, to initially decide such applications, to initiate enforcement actions, and to take all other actions necessary for administration of the provisions of this Development Code with respect to such Development Applications. For all purposes of this Development Code, the Planning Director is the Responsible Official. establishment of plants, grasses and vegetation native to a particular Site for the purposes of erosion control and preservation or Restoration of biological and physical habitat; for all other purposes, to return an area, Building or other Structure to its previous condition. 204. Restructure: with respect to Signs, the replacement of structural members of a Sign for the purpose of extending the life of a Sign. 203. Restoration: for water quality regulation purposes, the

192. Recreational Vehicle: a vehicle that is:

a. Built on a single chassis;

b. Four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; c. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty Truck; and d. Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use. 193. Recreational Vehicle Park: any Lot, tract or parcel of land upon which accommodation is provided for two or more Recreational Vehicles used as living or sleeping quarters by the day, week or month where a charge is or is not made. 194. Redevelopment: Development which replaces previously existing Development. 195. Redevelopment Infill: Development characterized by replacing existing Development or re-establishing formerly developed areas. 196. Remainder Tract: land that is part of a larger parcel that is not subject to a Subdivision Concept plat or Watershed Protection Plan affecting the parcel. 197. Remodeling: renovation, Alteration or Repair of an Existing Structure that is not an Addition. 198. Repair: to restore or mend to sound working condition after damage, decay or failure. 199. Replacement: the act of moving one Structure from its existing location or site and replacing it with another Structure, or the act of replacing a Structure previously removed with another Structure. 200. Reserve Strip: a privately owned strip of land, normally one foot in depth, Adjacent to the Public Right-of-Way or

205. ROW: Right-of-Way.

Public Frontage

Vehicular Lanes

Public Frontage

Parking Lane

Parking Lane

RIGHT-OF-WAY

206. Satellite: See Antenna.

207. Screen/Screening: to shield and/or separate physically and visually any Use, activity, Building, Structure, object, or element; a Structure which provides such separation.

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San Marcos Development Code Amended: January 21, 2025