San Marcos Design Manual (March 16, 2021)

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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, apar tments, 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.

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Amended: March 16, 2021 San Marcos Design Manual

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