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The Planning Department's principal responsibilities are: Developing and maintaining a Comprehensive Master Plan and Land Development Code; Reviewing applications and development plans to ensure code compliance and compatibility with zoning and land use designations;
- Development Projects
Co-developed by Texas-based Scarborough Lane Development and...
- Use Regulations
San Marcos Development Code Amended: November 3, 2021...
- Development Projects
Planning & Development Services. Physical Address 630 E. Hopkins 2nd Floor, Building 3 San Marcos, TX 78666. Permit Center. 512.805.2630 permitinfo@sanmarcostx.gov. Planning. 512-393.8230 planninginfo@sanmarcostx.gov. Community Development. 512.805.2644 cdbg@sanmarcostx.gov
- Development May Have Already Damaged Fragile Habitats
- A Tale of Two Neighborhoods
- The Case of The Missing Caves
- The Golden-Cheeked Warblers
- The Neighborhood Association
- A Growing City Gets More Attention
- A View of The River
San Marcos, Texas is the fastest-growing cityin the nation, in a rapidly-growing state, and with that growth comes concerns over balancing development with environmental and ecological needs. Tensions over development exist in communities across the country, but they are amplified in San Marcos, which is home to approximately 50,000 people, and a n...
The first is Sessom Creek, a leafy neighborhood in a sloping ravine. There, residents collected a petition with over 2,000 signatures to oppose rezoning plans, which would have allowed a local developer to build an 800-bedroom apartment complex. (The San Marcos City Council rejected the developer’s proposal, and set a three-year waiting period befo...
Their concerns about the caves were echoed by the testimony of a professional geologist, Andy Grubbs, who has been familiar with caves on the property since 1984. In a letter submitted at a San Marcos city council meeting this June, Grubbs wrote that some geological assessments of the Buie Tract—including one that was submitted to the Texas Commiss...
It is not clear whether golden-cheeked warblers inhabit the property, although a San Marcos resident told the TCEQ in a letter that warblers had been sighted there. According to a biological opinion from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the extension of Wonder World Drive, a road near the Buie Tract, would likely have an adverse effect on the habi...
Why were efforts to prevent development successful in Sessom Creek, while those related to the Buie Tract failed? “Everybody knows that anything you do on Sessom Creek is going to go pouring right down to the start of the San Marcos River in the heart of town,” Grubbs explained. “The Buie Tract is out on the edge of town, and except for the people ...
“I’m hoping this is going to turn out to be a positive story,” Matthew Lewis, San Marcos’ director of Planning & Development Services, told StateImpact Texas. “San Marcos doesn’t need any more negative press.” Lewis feels that the attention given to community protests over the Buie Tract and Sessom Creek obscures positive efforts to develop San Mar...
What are the options for constructing new housing and businesses, while still protecting the watershed? According to Wassenich, one good option is building new developments away from the river. “Building on the recharge zone and on the banks of the river just buries us deeper in the hole we’ve already dug for ourselves by past building too close th...
Land Development Code, Chapter 4, Ordinance No. 2018-02. Pl ani gI f o@ sm rc tx. v www.sanmarcostx.gov 512-393-8230 Map Date: September 22, 2020. Created Date:
Jul 5, 2018 · The San Marcos Planning and Zoning Commission and will conduct a virtual public hearing and consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding text amendments to the San Marcos Development Code, that, among other things, would address typographical and technical errors, and implement changes related to site permit requirements, detention ...
