The purpose of these standards and guidelines is to produce development that meets a number of objectives. These include:
A. Ensure housing design is based on a consistent, compatible, and aesthetic architecture.
B. Ensure that new housing is designed with sensitivity to the site, as well as pedestrian scale, and reflects a strong residential character for the neighborhood and community.
C. Ensure that new homes use building materials and architectural finishes in a manner that exemplifies quality, durability and encourages innovative and imaginative architecture.
D. Support and define safe pedestrian, transit, bicycle and vehicular circulation.
E. Maintain the scale, context and texture of existing neighborhoods.
F. Encourage creative designs for sites and buildings.
G. Allow for infill development that is sensitive to its context. (Ord. 1628, 1-12-2015)
The standards and guidelines in this chapter intend to promote orderly community growth which will both protect and enhance property values for the community as a whole. In order to protect the existing environment of the city of Mountain Home and to reduce potential impacts of new development and infill development, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all multi-family development, residential planned unit development (PUD), duplexes and single-family developments proposing lots (in R-3 and R-4 zones). Each development project shall be evaluated with regard to how it achieves an overall design that meets the intent and direction of the design standards and guidelines. Each standard includes examples and illustrations of ways in which the intent of the standard can be achieved. The graphic examples are meant to be examples, and are not the only acceptable means toward accomplishing the intent and purpose of the standards. Applicants are encouraged to consider designs, styles and other techniques not pictured in the examples provided that they fulfill the intent of the design standard. (Ord. 1628, 1-12-2015)
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