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Attachment <br /> LAND USE AND DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR <br /> LIVABLE COMMUNITIES <br /> Livable communities are oriented toward a transit- and pedestrian - friendly environment in <br /> neighborhoods with a mix of uses essential to daily life of the residents including housing, <br /> workplaces, shops, parks and civic uses. In accomplishing these things, livable communities <br /> foster a sense of place and community, where interaction and participation in the <br /> community can occur. <br /> Livable communities provide a variety of housing types and costs to accommodate peoples' <br /> life -cycle changes and to suit their changing circumstances. They incorporate higher - <br /> density housing that pays attention to building form and scale. <br /> In a livable community, land uses are compact and connected, encouraging walking and <br /> transit use. Such areas accommodate both the car and the pedestrian; for example <br /> recognizing that people will drive to a destination, but once they are there, they can walk <br /> or take transit. <br /> + ++ <br /> The following three land use design principles will be used in the evaluation of development <br /> proposals under Selection Criteria A: "Extent to Which the Proposal Represents a Model <br /> of Integrated Land Use" (p. 19). <br /> Principle 1: Make Development Compact <br /> • Connect rather than separate uses, to allow for functional relationships between them. <br /> • Build mid- to high - density, with attention to the design and relationships of structures <br /> to each other. <br /> • Provide inf ill or retrofit land uses that result in more compact development. <br /> Projects should attempt to achieve overall housing densities of at least 7 units per <br /> acre to support transit use <br /> V. LLIRRARIACOMMUNDVLLCA2000 \030300Icda criuria 8- 2O- 99.doc 27 <br />