GOAL UD-2: Sustainable Environment

Improve the built environment through sustainable development that is proportional and aesthetically related to its setting.

  • Policy UD-2.1
    Enhanced Public Realm Experience
    Encourage development to enhance the existing environment through the use of creative architectural design and sustainable streetscape treatments that are consistent on each corridor.
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  • Policy UD-2.2
    Compatibility and use with Setting
    Employ buffers and other urban design strategies to encourage the compatibility of new development with the scale, bulk, and pattern of existing development.
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  • Policy UD-2.3
    New Life for Old Buildings
    Encourage the preservation and reuse of historic and architecturally significant structures to maintain urban fabric and reduce overall energy consumption associated with new construction.
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  • Policy UD-2.4
    Intentional Design
    Encourage design and architecture on private and public property that accentuate focal points, activity nodes, and historic areas.
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  • Policy UD-2.5
    Relation to Surroundings
    Ensure new development exhibits a functional, comfortable scale in relation to its neighborhood.
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  • Policy UD-2.6
    Preserve Neighborhood Character
    Preserve the character and uniqueness of existing districts and neighborhoods.
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  • Policy UD-2.7
    Building and Strengthening Identity
    Collaborate with community stakeholders to strengthen and foster development of community and neighborhood identity and district character through complementary architecture, unique streetscapes, and programming.
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  • Policy UD-2.8
    Innovative Development Strategies
    Explore development and subdivision options that promote new opportunities for sustainable, livable, and affordable development.
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  • Policy UD-2.9
    Visual Aesthetic of Built Environment
    Ensure that on- and off-premise signs and communication equipment are situated to minimize detrimental impacts to the aesthetic quality, character, and image of the surrounding area.
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  • Policy UD-2.10
    Greening the Built Environment
    Promote planting of shade trees and require, where feasible, preservation and site design that uses appropriate tree species to shade parking lots, streets, and other facilities, with the goal of reducing the heat island effect.
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  • Policy UD-2.11
    Sustainable Practices
    Encourage sustainable development through the use of drought-tolerant landscaping, permeable hardscape surfaces, and energy-efficient building design and construction.
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