Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan Adopted 2024

PREFERRED GROWTH SCENARIO

Primary Land Uses Secondary Land Uses · Public/Institutional · Parks and Open Space · Mixed-Use Commercial Mobility Characteristics · High density road network, with full complement of street types NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH · Medium to Higher-Scale Multi-family · Attached Single-Family

· Wide sidewalks with landscape strips between streets and dedicated bike facilities throughout · Transit stops throughout with connections at mobility hubs (transfer stops) · Primarily structured parking and small dispersed off-street parking lots · Also on-street parking on most streets · Community Parks to provide recreational opportunities, as well as integrated stormwater features · Regional Parks to locate a large number of residents close to major amenities and make higher density apartments and condominiums more attractive · Community-Scaled Plazas to create social gathering spaces for formal and informal events and programming · Pocket Parks and Plazas to help activate smaller spaces and provide opportunities for placemaking elements · Trails and Greenways to provide transportation and recreational opportunities connecting to and through the area

Parking

Parks and Open Space

· Mixed Use Medium · Commercial/Employment Medium · Neighborhood Medium

Desirable Transitions

· Most efficient Place Type in terms of infrastructure demand for housing; generates highest concentration of potential service needs · Greater cost to serve if located far from existing fire stations, outside of Hays County, or outside existing water and sewer service areas

Fiscal Considerations

Overlay Characteristics/Considerations Historic Resource

New development not identified for these areas

Environmental

N/A

Cultural Resource

No Development

SAN MARCOS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2024

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