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i . } F,XHIBIT B Smart Development Principles ~ ~ ` `Smart Development" is an approach to design and building that adheres~~to five broad principles: • Efficient use of land resources • Full Utilization of Urban Services • Mixed Use • Transportation Options • Detailed, Human Scaled Design f i I In the context of a residential /commercial development, these broad principles can be expanded to include the following: ? Mixed Use Neighborhoods smart ? Streets As ~n Edge In general, streets ~ oud development promotes the mixing of many activities in the be laid out to provMie an edge tD important pubik o same area, reversing the pattern of single-purpose spaces that provld! community-wide benefit. Where streets neighborhoods with segregated sand uses. A mixture of are provided as an~edge, buildings are more likely toifront retail, service, education, office, and rssdentlal uses can on the street and c#h the open space, rather than tur{~ing intermingle and wpport one another. By bringing different their backs on the street and open space. services doser t0 housing, mixed-use neighborhoods offer i the choice of walking, biking, or taking transit to school, work, or shopping, thereby redudng the amount of time ? Interconnected Street System ~In peopei: spend driving and the distances they need to drive. interoonned;ed str t system is an Important corr? t of livable and walkabl neighborhoods. connected Struts provide a network f routes that provide altemaWe baths ? ReSidentlai M IX A mix of housing densities, through the neigh rhood. and to mayor destlnatlons such as ownership patterns, prices, and building types is desirable. commerdal areas, darks, schools, and transfC Stops. Smart development encourages a variety of housing types ~ wnnectivity helps t1p distribute local traffic over many , inducting attached and detached single family homes, thereby redudng ilia negatHe effects of high traffic vo~...~es rowhouses, duplexes, bi-plexes, townhouses, apartments, on any one street. ~i'he Interconnected street network would and accessary units. Variety in housing promotes hat~itation .be designed to disc rage cut-through traRtt seekln~I an by a txoad spectrum of people with different economic, altemat[ve to trave~on arterial streets, which are de$Igned soaal, family, age, and lifestyle dreumstances. Allowances for through-traffic movements. for housing variety also promotes flexibUity in meeting Crty ? goals to Increase residential densities within the UGB. ? Bicycle / Pedestrian Circulation A coordinated system ~ f sbiped bicyde lanes, on- Wcyde ? ReSldentiai DenSItleS Residential development routes, and off-sire btcyde paths should be.devel In should achieve higher densities to encourage a mbc of the area. Bikeways~should provide direct access housing types and to better support a viable retail center residential areas to nearby commerdal areas, parks nd and transit system. An overeU average density of 12 sdxwls. Bikeways uld also be designed to provi a dwelling units per net acre Is desirable., direct fink to the e~Ung btcyde system in ad)acent real and to other im nt destlnations within the ti ? Local Street Design local streets should be designed with narrow vehide lane widths to reduce the ? Transit Service smart developments Id be speed of vehkies, reduce costs, and meet stomrwater provided with con enient and accessible, bus ce. management goals. These streets should also be designed Bus stops should s~ie located along the t7"dnslt ute at to accommodate low volumes of traffic and to encourage na more than 10~ foot intervals. All bus stop pedestrian travel. Local streets should be provided with should be provid with comfortable waltlng'a sidewalks, with on-street Ping on one or both skies of the .and should be tor.~ited near pedestrian crosswallks that street, and with street tress that form a canopy over the fadlitate frequent estrian crossings. street to enhance neighborhood livability. I Ezhibit B -Page 1 ~ Page 11 of 12, . SOd '8 ~I1J,AiAt Md ~N~9II~ Z88i+ Z89 T65 ~XV3 GZ ~ TT uOAI fi0/4 I /OT ZTO~I