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b. Property Across the Street or Alley from a Sensitive A. Option 1: A maximum height of three stories
Site is permitted within 25’ of the property line
of the street or alley that faces the sensitive
1. A contextual height stepdown is required for site, and the entire building facade is set
a property across the street or alley from a back a minimum of 10’ from the property
Sensitive Site. The requirements are applied as line. (Figure 4.24)
indicated in Figure 4.23.
B. Option 2: A maximum height of three stories
The width of the sensitive site (“A”) plus a is permitted within 25’ of the property line
buffer of 25’ (“B”) on either side of the sensitive of the street or alley that faces the sensitive
site width are required. Outside of these site, and a minimum of twenty-five (25)
measurements, the varied massing requirements percent of the building above the second
in section 4.3.4.7 must be applied. One of the story is stepped back a minimum of twenty-
following options is required in order to respond five (25) feet. (Figure 4.25)
to the sensitive site across the street or alley
from the new development: C. Option 3: A maximum height of three stories
Figure 4.23 Area of a New Development Subject to a Sensitive Site is permitted within 25’ of the property line
of the street or alley that faces the sensitive
site, and a forecourt is incorporated. Refer
A
Width of a sensitive site property. to the Forecourt standards in Table 4.13
Building Elements Table. (Figure 4.26)
Width of additional area subject to sensitive site
B
requirements. 2. Figure 4.24 - 4.26 illustrate three options for
C
Depth of area subject to sensitive site requirements. how to treat a new development across the
street or alley from a sensitive site. In these
models, the sensitive site is assumed to be
the entire block across the street from a new
development. Therefore, the entire length of the
new Development new development must incorporate the selected
C option.
B B Figure 4.24 Option 1
A
sensitive site
Downtown Design Final Draft: March 2021 San Marcos Development Code 4:49
