4-5-3: PURPOSE:
   A.   To provide the maximum in public safety and welfare in the development and design of building sites, roadways, and other service amenities; and
   B.   To provide safe ingress and egress for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic to and within the hillside areas, while at the same time minimizing the scarring effects of hillside development; and
   C.   To use to the fullest extent the current understanding of the planning, design, and engineering professions and the natural sciences including botany, biology, ecology, soils and geology, to mitigate potential hazards to public health, safety, and welfare, and to enhance the existing and future appearance and resources of the hillsides; and
   D.   To provide guidelines in the creation of buildings suited to the natural hillside surroundings through imaginative and innovative building techniques; and
   E.   To provide a variety of development patterns on the hillside; and
   F.   To provide variations in architectural design to reduce grading and scarring of the hillside. (Ord. 166, 2-5-2004)