19.26.01 Purpose

This Chapter is established to implement the General Plan and enable land to be planned and developed in a coordinated manner to achieve: 1. a desirable living and working environment with unique identity and character; 2. an innovative integration of uses, such as residential, commercial, recreation, entertainment, office, and light industrial uses; 3. focused development patterns that: a. preserve sensitive areas, significant natural features, and drainage patterns; b. optimize open spaces; and c. highlight significant natural features; 4. a diversity of uses to meet the life cycle of residents, including a range of housing types and densities and recreational, social, educational, service, and employment opportunities; 5. a variety of development and use standards, including a range of heights, setbacks, densities, and lot sizes, to achieve innovative design patterns; 6. safe pedestrian and bicycle travel that optimizes access from homes to services, shopping, education, and transit facilities; 7. a process for developers and the City to plan the potential capacity, intensity, and general types of uses, while allowing flexibility to respond to changes in the market over long build-out periods, with allowances for interim uses; and 8. the coordinated, long-term build out of an area by multiple property owners.