Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan Adopted 2024

PREFERRED GROWTH SCENARIO

COMPONENTS OF PLACE TYPES Each of the Place Types is depicted and described in the following section. Before presenting each, it is important to understand the organization and approach to articulating the unique combinations of high-level land use and land use intensity that comprise the Place Types. Overview: Each Place Type includes an overall objective and description. The overview also includes characteristics related to land use, built form, mobility, and amenities. Place Type Characteristics : The description of each Place Type concludes with a table more clearly delineating the key characteristics and parameters of the place in several important categories. · Primary Land Uses: Primary land uses summarize the main uses that will be found in each Place Type. This section also provides some insight as to how those uses may benefit those living, working, and visiting that place. · Secondary Land Uses: Secondary land uses provide a list of additional land uses that are appropriate within this type of place, but in lower numbers, smaller concentrations, and less frequency overall. · Mobility Characteristics: Mobility characteristics describe how people travel to and within Place Types. This category includes guidance for the street network, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, transit facilities, and access for each Place Type. · Parking: This characteristic describes the main approaches to automobile parking in each Place Type. · Parks and Open Space: Parks and open space characteristics describe the types of active and passive recreation spaces typically located within a Place Type, including private open space, public open space, parks, greenways, and natural or preservation areas. Parks and open space also often include “placemaking” elements which may include amenities and physical attributes that make the park a desirable place to visit. · Desirable Transitions: This characteristic identifies the other Place Types that tend to accommodate the most appropriate and desirable land use and built form to transition from. · Fiscal Considerations: The fiscal considerations briefly summarize the fiscal implications of each place type at a high level, comparing costs associated with developing and serving a particular type of place to the expected revenues that would likely be generated by that place. Fiscal considerations are based on a Fiscal Analysis conducted on February 16, 2023. More information on the Fiscal Analysis can be found in the Appendices.

SAN MARCOS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2024

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