Vision SMTX Appendix Adopted 2024

APPENDIX D: POLICY BASELINE AND DEVELOPMENT

· Encourage the establishment of “third place” businesses. (A third place is a place outside your home or work where you can connect and collaborate with others. Examples of a third place are churches, cafes, libraries, parks, galleries, coffee shops, or other areas where people can gather and interact naturally) · Development Standards and Processes · Revisit existing development ordinance. · Offer options to make codes more flexible. Establish a fee in-lieu of meeting parking development requirements. · Implement an 80-foot height overlay along half-block adjacent to CM Allen to encourage 2-5 story residential development without impacting historic Courthouse Square. (The remainder of the Downtown overlays should be unaltered.) · Replace “use-based” zoning development standards with “Form Based” Codes or Urban Code for Downtown. · Make development Downtown easier and faster than anywhere in the city. Set a high bar and expedite approvals for Downtown development. · Focus on infill-development. · Work closely with developers to ensure development meets Downtown visions. · Consider creative public/private partnerships for façade restoration, pollution mitigation, or land packaging. · Take leadership role in acquiring properties and assembling land for development. · Streets and Roadways Network · Implement a comprehensive wayfinding plan with signage. · Work with TxDOT to properly sign transportation bypass routes such as Wonder World Drive. · Conceptually identify routes as Primary, Secondary & Tertiary

SAN MARCOS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2024

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