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<br />Attachment <br />LAND USE AND DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR <br />LIVABLE COMMUNITIES <br /> <br />Livable communities are oriented toward a transit- and pedestrian-friendly environment in <br />neighborhoods with a variety of uses essential to daily life of the residents including <br />housing, workplaces, shops, parks, and civic uses. In doing these things, livable <br />communities foster a sense of place and community, where interaction and participation in <br />the community can occur. <br /> <br />Livable communities provide a variety of housing types and costs for people at all stages of <br />life. They incorporate higher-density housing that pays attention to building form and <br />scale. <br /> <br />In a livable community, land uses are compact and connected to encourage walking and <br />transit use, as well as cars and parking. <br /> <br />+++ <br /> <br />The following three land use design principles will be used in the evaluation of development <br />proposals. <br /> <br />Principle 1: Make Development Compact <br /> <br />. Connect rather than separate uses, to allow for functional relationships between them. <br /> <br />. Build mid- to high-density, with attention to the design and relationships of structures <br />to each other. <br /> <br />. Provide infill or retrofit land uses that result in more compact development. <br /> <br />Projects should attempt to achieve overall housing densities of at least 7 units per <br />acre to support transit use. <br /> <br />Principle 2: Mix Uses <br /> <br />. Include shopping, workplaces, schools, civic facilities, parks and other public spaces, and <br />a variety of housing types and costs. <br /> <br />\"\LIBRARY\CO\t~tU~:DV\LCA2001\lcda criteria padet.doc <br /> <br />21 <br />