The mixed use overlay districts are intended to implement focal point plans for growth areas, to promote innovative, attractive and efficient uses of land, to encourage planned development and multi-modal transportation systems and to permit flexibility and creativity in the design of such planned developments. The purpose of this overlay shall include, but be not limited to, the following:
(A) To encourage and promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the city, including the development and coordination of municipal growth and services.
(B) To encourage originality, flexibility, innovation in site planning and development, and vehicular and pedestrian circulation, including the architecture, landscaping and graphic design of proposed developments in relation to the area as a whole.
(C) To discourage monotonous, unsightly, and inharmonious developments, minimize discordant and unsightly surroundings and visual blight and avoid inappropriate and poor quality design.
(D) To promote orderly community growth, protect and enhance property values for the community as a whole and other environmental and aesthetic considerations which generally enhance rather than detract from community standards and values of the comfort and prosperity of the community, and to promote and enhance construction and maintenance practices that will intend to enhance environmental and aesthetic quality for the community as a whole.
(Ord. 2018-2916, passed 4-9-2018)