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CLEAR & OBJECTIVE HOUSING: APPROVAL C RITERIA UPDATE <br />November 13, 2018 DRAFT Preferred Concepts Report: Significant Issues Page 22 of 59 <br />COS-01 (C LEAR & O BJECTIVE C OMPATIBILITY ) <br />Description : Unlike the discretionary tracks, the clear and objective tracks for conditional use and site review <br />applications do not address compatibility, including the need to address transitions or buffers between different <br />uses or zones. Planned unit developments include a 30 foot wide landscaped buffer requirement (see COS-02) <br />but this may not be a preferred strategy to enhance compatibility between properties, or an efficient use of <br />land. <br />Applies To : Conditional Use, Planned Unit Development, Site Review <br />Existing Code Section(s): N/A <br />Existing Code Language : N/A <br /> <br />Recommendation : Add a compatibility criterion that applies to higher-intensity development abutting lower- <br />intensity development (e.g. multi-family development adjacent to single family development in R-1 Low Density <br />Residential zone). (Options B and D) Employ scalable transition buffers that may include: <br />setbacks <br />height step-downs <br />landscape screening requirements <br />There was strong support from stakeholders to add a compatibility criterion to the clear and objective tracks for <br />conditional use, planned unit development and site review. While the strongest support was for option B, option <br />A. No Changeo –+–o o – <br />B. Develop requirement for transition buffers <br />(screening, height step backs, setbacks) when <br />higher intensity uses are proposed near lower <br />intensity uses (e.g., multi-family next to single- <br />family) <br />o ++++o + <br />C. Develop minimum transition buffers around the <br />perimeter for all conditional use, planned unit <br />development, and site review projects regardless <br />of size or use  <br />o ++o +o – <br />D. Develop scalable transition buffers around the <br />perimeters for all conditional use, planned unit <br />developme nt, and site review projects that are <br />proportional to the size of the development site <br />o + + + + o + <br />+ promotes o neutral –inhibits <br />Possible Concepts <br />November 26, 2018, Work Session – Item 2