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EXHIBIT B j: <br /> ~ M <br /> ' ' ' ~ Smart Development Princip~ s <br /> <br /> '~r.? `Smart Development" is an approach to design and building that adheres~o five broad principles: <br /> • Efficient use of land resources <br /> • Full Utilization of Urban Services <br /> • Mixed Use ~ i <br /> ~I Transportation Options ~ t <br /> • Detailed, Human Scaled Design <br /> In the context of a residential / commercial development, these broad principles can be expanded to <br /> include the following: <br /> ? Mixed Use Neighborhoods smart ? Streets As ~n Edge In general, streets should <br /> devebpment promotes the mixing of many actlvities in the be laid out to prov~fe an edge tD important pubik open <br /> same area, reversing the pattern of single-purpose spaces that provide community-wide benefit. Where streets <br /> neighborhoods with segregated land uses. A mixture of are provided as anNedge, buHdtngs are more likely to front <br /> retaA, service, education, office, and residentlal uses can on the street and the open space, rather than turning <br /> intenningle and support one another. By bringing different their backs on the~treet and open space. <br /> services doser• to housing, mixed-use neighborhoods offer <br /> the choice of waUdng, btldng, or taking transit to sd~ool, . <br /> work, or shopping, thereby reducing the amount of time ? Interconn ed Street System An <br /> peoplk spend driving and the distances they need to drive. ~ interconnected str t system is an important oomporxnt of <br /> INable and walkabl neighbofioods. ca>ne<t~d streets . <br /> provide a network routes that provide alternative paths <br /> ? Residential Mix A mix of housing densities, through the neigh ,and tti major des~natlons such as <br /> ownership patterns, Prices, and building types Is desirable. conxnerdal areas, ,schools, and trarrstt Stops. Street <br /> Smart devekrprrtent encourager a variety of housing types connectivity helps t~tribute ktcal traffk aver marry routes. <br /> ~,I inducting attached and detached single faMly home's, thereby redudng negatlve effects of high traffic vok~rnes <br /> rowhouses, duplexes, bi-places, townhouses, apartments, . on any one street. Interconnected street network would <br /> and accessory traits. Variety in tbusing promotes habitation .be deigned m cvt-ttuough trafik seeking an <br /> by a broad spectnxn of people with different economic, alternative io on arterial streets, which are designed <br /> social, fatuity, age, and lifestyle orcvrtrstances. Alkrvvances for tlxough-traffk r~ovecr~ts. <br /> for housing variety also promotes fiexdblilty in meeting Gty r <br /> goals m kta'ease residentlal densities within the UGB. ? Bicycle / P estrian Circulation A <br /> coordkwted system~of striped bicytle lanes, on-street bicycle <br /> ? Residential Densities itesidentiai development routes, and off sire btcyde paths should be.developed In <br /> should achieve higher densitles to encourage a mix of the area. Bikeways~hovid provide direct axes from <br /> housing types and to better support a viable retail center residential areas ~ cornmerdal areas, parks and <br /> and banslt system. An overaq average density of 12 sctaols. Bikeways ~ also be designed to provide a <br /> dwe~ting units per net acre Is desirable.. ~ direct Nnic bD the ng bkycle system to adjacent areas <br /> ' ~ and to other nt destinations within the region. <br /> ? l.ocai Street Design Local streets shotlid be <br /> designed wia, na~ow vehicle Zane widths to reduce the ? Transit Service smart developments should be <br /> speed of vehicles, reduce cash, and meet sbornnvater provided with eniemt and accessible, bus service. <br /> management goals. These streets should also be designed Bus stops shouwe located abng the transit route at <br /> m acwnxnodabe low voltxrres of batik and to encourage no more than i foot intervals. AN bus stops . <br /> pedestrian travel. t,ocai streets slwuld be provided with should be ptovid with comfortable waiting areas <br /> sidewalks, with on-street parking ar one or both skies of the .and should be tact near pedestrian crosswalks that <br /> street, and with street tress that tam a canopy over the fadlitate frequent estrian crossings. <br /> I, street to enhance neighborhood WabiNty. <br /> • 4 <br /> Ezhibit B -Page 1 ~ Page 11 of 12 <br /> i <br /> s <br /> 7 <br /> ZTO~ SOd '8 ~1Qd.N~ Md ~AI~9II~ Z88~ Z89 TtiS ~%V3 LZ ~ TT uOAi fi0/5Z/OT <br /> <br />