The objectives of the R-M district are:
(A) The development of a suitable environment for family life, recognizing that a significant part of multiple-family population are adults, including older adults;
(B) The creation of vibrant residential neighborhoods that exhibit high standards of design, including the following features:
(1) Attractive, tree-lined streets, which emphasize and encourage walking and bicycling as well as efficient automobile transit. In such neighborhoods, the sidewalk will be set back from the street, providing space for a tree-lined parking strip; and
(2) Multiple-family units designed in a manner which encourages human activity in the front yard, by placing front doors facing the street, providing front porches, and reducing the dominance of parking facilities as a prominent feature in the front yard.
(C) To provide for limited commercial uses on the same site of multiple-family developments. The commercial uses shall be operated as a subordinate part of the multiple-family development. This type of land use arrangement will work to reduce the need for residents to travel to offsite stores for basic consumer needs;
(D) To provide space for community facilities needed to compliment urban residential areas and for institutions which require a residential environment; and
(E) To minimize traffic congestion, while providing an efficient circulation system.
(1995 Code, § 10.36.020) (Ord. 00-1854, passed - -2000)