§ 30-3. Intent.

(a)

General. The intent and purpose of this chapter is to enable, encourage, and qualify the implementation of the region, the community, the block and the building, and the transect.

(b)

The town.

(1)

The town should retain its natural infrastructure and visual character derived from topography, woodlands, farmlands and riparian corridors.

(2)

Growth strategies should encourage infill and redevelopment equally with new communities.

(3)

Development adjacent to urban areas should be structured in the pattern of infill TND or infill RCD and be integrated with the existing urban pattern.

(4)

Development noncontiguous to urban areas should be organized in the pattern of Clustered Land Development (CLD), Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND), or Regional Center Development (RCD).

(c)

The neighborhood.

(1)

Neighborhoods and regional centers should be compact, pedestrian-oriented, and mixed use.

(2)

Neighborhoods should provide daily needs within close proximity to dwellings so that residents may choose to work, recreate, and shop within walking distance of their home.

(3)

Interconnected networks of thoroughfares should be designed to disperse traffic and reduce the length of automobile trips.

(4)

Civic, institutional, and commercial activity should be embedded in town centers and neighborhood centers, not isolated in remote single-use complexes.

(5)

Schools should be sized and located to enable children to walk or bicycle to them.

(6)

A range of open space including parks, squares, community gardens, and playgrounds should be distributed within neighborhoods and downtown.

(d)

The block and the building.

(1)

Buildings and landscaping should contribute to the physical definition of thoroughfares as civic places.

(2)

Development should adequately accommodate automobiles while respecting the pedestrian and the spatial form of public areas.

(3)

Buildings should provide their inhabitants with a clear sense of geography and climate through energy efficient methods.

(e)

The transect.

(1)

Communities should provide meaningful choices in living arrangements as manifested by distinct physical environments.

(2)

The transect zone descriptions on Table 1 shall constitute the intent of this chapter with regard to the general character of each of these environments.

(Code 2003, § 31-3; Ord. No. 13-04, § 1(exh. A), 2-21-2013)