5. • ResolutionCity of San Marcos (Hays County)

ORDINANCES NO. 2025-1569 & 2025-1570 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 17.64 TO ADOPT THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND DECLARING LOCAL CONDITIONS TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE SAME, AND SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE AND THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE AND DECLARING LOCAL CONDITIONS TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE SAME TO BE THE SAN MARCOS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WILDLAND

Presented in: City of San Marcos City Council on 2025-12-09

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 7.1/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (7 - 0)

“Motion to approve ORDINANCES NO. 2025-1569 & 2025-1570 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SAN MARCOS MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 17.64 TO ADOPT THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND DECLARING LOCAL CONDITIONS TO AMEND CERTA”

Jane Hughson

Mayor (At-Large)

YES

Matthew Mendoza

Councilmember, Place 1 (Place 1)

YES

Josh Paselk

Councilmember, Place 2 (Place 2)

YES

Alyssa Garza

Councilmember, Place 3 (Place 3)

YES

Shane Scott

Councilmember, Place 4 (Place 4)

YES

Lorenzo Gonzalez

Councilmember, Place 5 (Place 5)

YES

Amanda Rodriguez

Councilmember, Place 6 (Place 6)

YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

1. ADOPT (Second Reading) Ordinance No. 2025-1569 amending San Marcos Municipal Code Chapter 17.64 to adopt the 2025 California Fire Code, and declaring local conditions to amend the same. 2. ADOPT (Second Reading) Ordinance No. 2025-1570 adopting the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code and the International Wildland Urban Interface Code ,and declaring local conditions to amend the same to be the San Marcos Fire Protection District Wildland Interface Code

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.1/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).