AGENDA CAPTION:
Title
Consider approval of Ordinance 2020-30, amending Chapter 74 of the San Marcos City Code by adding an addendum to Article 6 that establishes procedures and criteria for the granting of a temporary, revocable, licenses for parklets as a means to reactivate downtown following the COVID-19 stay at home orders of 2020; providing a savings clause; including procedural provisions; providing for adoption of this Ordinance as an emergency measure on only one reading; and providing an effective date.
Body
Meeting date: May 5, 2020
Department: Planning and Development Services
Amount & Source of Funding
Funds Required: n/a
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Funds Available: n/a
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Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: n/a
City Council Strategic Initiative:
Downtown Vitality
Comprehensive Plan Element (s): [Please select the Plan element(s) and Goal # from dropdown menu below]
? Economic Development - Choose an item.
? Environment & Resource Protection - Choose an item.
? Land Use - Choose an item.
? Neighborhoods & Housing - Choose an item.
? Parks, Public Spaces & Facilities - Choose an item.
? Transportation - Choose an item.
? Core Services
? Not Applicable
Master Plan: n/a
Background Information:
Planning & Development Services has received direction to explore options for a temporary parklet program in downtown San Marcos to allow businesses to temporarily convert on-street parking spaces adjacent to their shop into outdoor seating. The purpose of this program is to provide an aesthetic enhancement to the downtown streetscape and provide businesses with additional visible service area to activate downtown in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2015, the San Marcos City Council adopted a Sidewalk Caf?s, Parklets, and Similar Special Uses of Public Rights-of-Way Ordinance creating a public-partnership for streetscape improvements in the public realm. The program consists of an easy-to-read Streetscape Manual with photos, exa...
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