A. The purpose of the Integrated Design District (IDD) is to encourage innovative design in the development of land by providing relief from rigid zoning and subdivision standards, which are designed for conventional developments and may inhibit creative land planning. In order to receive such relief, a development must incorporate innovative design techniques that protect and enhance the City’s natural and manmade resources, such as streams and watercourses, wetlands, native vegetation, groundwater recharge areas, mature tree stands, view sheds, historical character and the like. The IDD requires that a site’s unique environmental features, which may be removed or otherwise altered in the course of traditional land development, be integrated into the overall design of a project, and protected through the use of covenants and long term maintenance agreements. The IDD also encourages multiple land uses where appropriate, as part of a unified development strategy to reduce impervious surfaces and reduce the dependency on the automobile.
B. Ideally, no two (2) IDD developments will be identical. Through the use of nonconventional design techniques, such as build to lines, clustering, land conservation strategies, varied building placements, boulevards, one-way streets and alleys, a specific development receives its own use, lot size, bulk, parking, landscaping and design standards.
(Ord. 96-647; amd. Ord. 05-866)