Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan Adopted 2024
PREFERRED GROWTH SCENARIO
INTENSITY The other major factor that informed the scenario planning process and the resulting place type designations (described in the next section) is land use intensity. Land use intensity is paired with high-level land use designations to provide a certain level of direction related to the characteristics of development beyond the use of a building or property. Land use intensity provides general direction for the density and form of development. · Low Intensity: Low Intensity areas are generally lower in scale and have a lower proportion of the land area covered by buildings. In the case of Neighborhoods, this is generally reflected in detached and attached single-family, duplexes, triplexes, and ADUs. For Mixed-Use areas, Low Intensity is generally reflected in one to two story development that is usually horizontally mixed. In Commercial/Employment areas, Low Intensity is usually reflected in larger separation between buildings with larger footprints. Low intensity areas that require parking normally rely on on-street parking and/or off-street surface parking lots. · Medium Intensity: Medium Intensity areas typically have taller buildings in closer proximity to each other than Low Intensity areas. In neighborhoods, the Medium Intensity largely includes small to medium scale attached homes and multi-family residential products. In Mixed Use and Commercial/Employment areas, Medium Intensity typically includes 3-5 story development in a more urban format with buildings near or attached to each other. Parking in Medium Intensity areas is typically a combination of on-street parking, smaller off-street surface parking lots, and some parking structures. · High Intensity: High Intensity areas are intended to reflect the tallest and/ or most closely situated development. High Intensity areas include the most development per acre. The result in residential areas are taller buildings that typically require elevators and are closely situated to each other. Community input gathered through the scenario planning process resulted in the High Intensity designation only being applied to the Neighborhood high-level land use designation. The maximum land use intensity of Mixed Use and Commercial/Employment areas is envisioned as Medium Intensity.
SAN MARCOS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2024
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