9.70.010: PURPOSE:
The purpose of these specific plan provisions is:
   A.   To establish procedures for adoption, maintenance and administration of specific plans as allowed in accordance with the provisions of section 65450 et seq., of the California Government Code and as may be required for the systematic execution of the general plan;
   B.   To provide a planning framework to guide future public and private developments and to promote flexibility while ensuring economic viability and coherent community design;
   C.   To encourage the planned development of discrete neighborhoods and to permit comprehensive site and infrastructure planning and building design;
   D.   To encourage creative approaches to the use of land, through variation in the positioning of buildings and the appropriate mixing of land uses, activities and dwelling types;
   E.   To promote and create public and private open space as an integral part of land development design;
   F.   To reduce, through clustering and master planning, the amounts of public and private improvements normally required by developments;
   G.   To maximize the choice in types of housing and living environments available to town residents; and
   H.   To allow for the nonsequential development of more remote areas in Yucca Valley provided community facilities, services, and infrastructure are supplied. (Ord. 243, 10-15-2013)