Introduction

Sometimes the most important aspect of a place has everything to do with what is there now, what happened there or what has been there historically. The Natural/Historic/Cultural Asset place type is intended to respect and preserve such places of importance. Protected assets can include historical structures, special habitat or areas identified as a place of significance. Key features can include a peripheral vehicular road with more limited access through the amenity, neighborhood pedestrian and bike connections, and parking limited to on-street spaces along the perimeter road and small parking lots near a few trailheads. Unlike other place types, the density adjacent to these place types is much lower, scaling up as one moves away from the asset. The surrounding land use context is primarily single-family residential neighborhoods with a character strongly influenced by the natural, historic or cultural asset. Appropriate areas include the World Heritage Corridor (Mission San Antonio de Valero [Alamo] to Mission San Francisco de la Espada), military assets and the San Antonio River Authority Plan (e.g., San Pedro Creeks Project).