It is the purpose of the Urban Village Overlay to allow for flexibility in zoning when the result will be the development of a compact urban village with the following emphases:
(a) Unified architectural themes that will allow for freedoms in design and building materials while clearly creating an integrated urban village;
(b) Neighborhoods, activity areas and open spaces around a well-designed transportation network where pedestrian activity is strongly supported;
(c) Shops with high pedestrian activity along the ground floors and office space or residential apartments on the upper floors;
(d) Residential areas intermixed within close proximity of shops and places of work;
(e) An emphasis on people and the neighborhoods where they live and play; and
(f) A design where open space, public and institutional uses and recreational uses are interwoven into the urban fabric of the overall village context.
(Ord. 25-2006. Passed 3-7-06.)