San Marcos Development Code 9.1.2020

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by means of tendrils, or which may simply sprawl over the ground or other plants. 265. Vision San Marcos Comprehensive Plan, or simply Vision San Marcos or the Comprehensive Plan: the Comprehen- sive Plan adopted by the City entitled “Vision San Marcos – A River Runs Through Us”, as amended. 266. Violation: the failure of a person, entity, Structure, Building, Lot, Improvement, Subdivision, or other Development to fully comply with this Development Code. 268. Wastewater: waterborne waste normally discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, hotels, office Build- ings, retail establishments, factories, and institutions that is free from storm and surface water. 269. Wastewater Service: the collection of Wastewater that requires treatment prior to its return to nature. 270. Wastewater System: a system of pipes, conduits, lift sta- tions and treatment facilities owned, controlled or subject to the jurisdiction of the City, designed to collect and transport Wastewater and industrial waste. 271. Water Facilities: any or all of the individual components of a Water System taken together. 272. Water Quality Zone: an area of land along a Minor Water- way, Intermediate Waterway, Major Waterway, or along a river, stream or Waterway in which Development is prohibit- ed or limited. 273. Water System or Central Water System: the Water Facility infrastructure for the collection, treatment, storage and distri- bution of Potable Water from the source of supply to one or more consumers. 274. Waterway: any natural or artificial channel in which a flow of water, either continuously or intermittently, occurs. 275. Watershed Protection Plan: a plan that is submitted that establishes terms and conditions for approval of applications for Plats and Site Permits relating to environmental standards in Chapter 6 of this Development Code, and that is reviewed and decided in phases under Chapter 2, Article 7 of this Development Code. 267. VTCA: Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated.

253. Transportation Plan: A transportation plan illustrating new streets and existing roadways and/or highways. A trans- portation plan typicaly inlcudes the location, names and proposed cross sections identifying all right-of-way elements including vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle and transit provisions. 254. Transportation Impact Assessment: A detailed description of the existing and proposed infrastructure in the area surrounding the site for transit, pedestrians and cyclists. 255. Tree: any living, self-supporting woody plant species which normally grows to an overall minimum height of 15 feet. 256. Tributary: any Waterway, having a Drainage area of 120 acres or more, that drains directly into Purgatory Creek or Sink Creek or the Blanco River. A Tributary is measured from its confluence with the Creek or river upstream to a point at which the contributing area is less than 64 acres. 258. Underbrush: low-growing vegetation, brush and Trees with a Caliper less than three inches. 259. Upland Zone: any area within the Recharge Zone or the Tran- sition Zone that is not part of a Water Quality Zone, Buffer Zone or Sensitive Feature Protection Zone. 260. Urbanized: generally, developed. Specific to Character Based Districts, developed at intensities higher than those of CBD-2 (Rural). 261. Use: the classification of the functions, activities, purposes, or uses accommodated by a Building or Lot or for which land or Buildings are designated, arranged, intended, occu- pied or maintained. See Table 5.3.1.2 (Land Use Matrix) and Chapter 5, Article 3, Division 6. 262. Use, Nonconforming: See Section 1.6.2.1 of this Develop- ment Code. 263. Variance: authorization from the Zoning Board of Adjust- ments to deviate from or vary one or more standards of this Development Code applicable to a Development Application that is reviewed and decided under Chapter 2, Article 10, Division 2 of this Development Code. 264. Vines: any of a group of woody or herbaceous plants which may cling by twining, by means of aerial rootlets or 257. TXDOT: the Texas Department of Transportation.

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San Marcos Development Code Amended: September 1, 2020