Purpose, Intent, Applicability | Neighborhood Design
21.02.010 Purpose, Intent, Applicability A. Purpose and Intent
The intent of this section is to provide design standards for residential neighborhoods. These design standards apply to subdivisions, binding site plans, and short subdivisions in the R-1 through R-18 Zoning Districts. The design principles and standards are specifically intended to implement the City’s Comprehensive Plan and vision statement. Neighborhood is defined as the block in which the subject property is located and the area of influence around the residence. For areas of the community that do not have an established block pattern, the neighborhood may be considered an area framed by arterial or collector streets, topographic or other natural features, or typified by one or more common characteristics. The nature of a neighborhood is often determined by the patterns shared between the houses and other structures that formed that neighborhood. These patterns or characteristics include similarities in mass, scale, complexity of form, topography, relationship to the street and to each other.
B. Applicability
The neighborhood design standards apply to all subdivisions, short-plats, and binding site plans in the Residential Zones (R- Zones). In limited instances standards apply to development on lots existing prior to December 31, 2021. The zoning map below identifies the R- Zones where the neighborhood design standards apply. If there is a discrepancy between the map below and the official zoning map the official zoning map shall apply.
Effective | January 1, 2022
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