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<br />gridded streets, buildings <br />Same Use; Different Character <br />brought mostly to the street, <br />and on-street parking. In <br />contrast, when patronizing a <br />restaurant along Fairmont <br />Parkway, one encounters a <br />more auto-oriented <br />environment where there are <br />no sidewalks (or they are <br />sporadic) and buildings are set <br />back behind off-street parking <br />(see inset on next page for an <br />example of the same <br />residential use exhibiting three <br />different characters). <br /> <br />Key Planning Considerations <br /> <br />1)Amending the zoning <br /> <br /> <br />While the use is the same, the character of these individual developmetns is <br />ordinance to repurpose <br />much different by way of lot sizes, setback, street configurations, and the <br />and recalibrate its districts <br />density and spacing of development. The character may again change <br />and standards to reflect <br />should the center property develop. The value of a character-based zoning <br />their intended community <br />system is a preservation of character and hence property values. This <br />character outcomes. <br />segment along N. P Street features three adjacent areas developed for <br /> <br />single-family residential use, but each exhibiting a much different <br />GOAL 711: Implementing an <br />characterAuto-Urban on the left, Rural in the middle, and Suburban on <br />character-based approach <br />the right. These character types are elaborated later in this chapter. <br />to planning by rRefocusing <br /> <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative. <br />the zoning ordinance to <br />emphasize the character <br />intent and form of development in appropriate zoning mixed use <br />districts. <br />on a conventional (Euclidean) approach to zoning one that focuses on land <br />use and minimum area standards. As part of the implementation of this <br />comprehensive plan update, it is advisable recommended that the City <br />consider at some time in the future to for the zoning ordinance to be <br />repurposed and recalibrated the zoning and development ordinances to <br />place emphasis on the character of development (without placing as much <br />emphasis on land use). While use should remain a secondary consideration, <br />the density/intensity and design of development is of much greater <br />importance. if the City is to enhance its character. <br /> <br />Actions and Initiatives <br />1)Consider revising Revise the district purpose statements to define the <br /> <br />intended character of the district, rather than general use types. For <br />instance, the purpose of the R- <br />2.33 <br /> <br />LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT <br />2.řř Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />