The purpose of this title is to preserve and protect the public health, safety and welfare by:
A. Encouraging growth and development consistent with the comprehensive plan.
B. Encouraging innovations in land development and redevelopment, including inventive ideas in design, quality, and character of new and infill development or redevelopment.
C. Developing standards that reduce adverse impacts of development.
D. Fostering safe, efficient, and/or economic use of the land, public facilities and services, such as water, wastewater, storm drainage, fire and emergency services, police, electricity, and transportation infrastructure, and of open space, recreation, and public parks, and environmental resources.
E. Encouraging patterns of land use which decrease trip length of automobile travel and encourage trip consolidation.
F. Increasing public access to mass transit, sidewalks, trails, bicycle routes, and other alternative modes of transportation.
G. Fostering a pattern of mixed use development where appropriate.
H. Encouraging infill development of vacant or underutilized properties within established areas.
I. Encouraging development proposals that are compatible with the character of existing and planned neighborhoods and districts.
J. Encouraging development that is sensitive to natural areas and features.
K. Encouraging residential development with a variety of densities to meet the needs of the community, provide housing for households of all income levels, and meet the goals of the comprehensive plan. (Ord. 2846 § 1, 2008)