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TransPlan Land Use Policy #4: Multi-Modal Improvements in New Development. Require improvements that encourage transit, bicycles, and pedestrians in new commercial, public, mixed use, and multi-modal residential development. Program Consistency with the Policy. To date, this policy has been implemented through a series of amendments to the Eugene Code (in 1993, 1996, 1998 and 2000) that require: · transit-oriented improvements in the greater downtown area; · bicycle parking and other facilities in new commercial and residential developments; · commercial developments to include design features that support pedestrian activities; · parking reduction incentives for individual enterprises that establish effective transportation demand management programs; · all developments of a certain size to include internal pedestrian circulation system; · Placement of transit connections (walkways) and other transit facilities in larger developments exhibiting certain characteristics. All of these on-site requirements are supported and reinforced with City efforts to create a multi-modal street system and through the application of new design standards that provide for all modes of transportation, including transit, bicycles and pedestrians. TransPlan Land Use Policy #5: Implementation of Nodal Development. Within three years of TransPlan adoption, apply the ND, Nodal Development designation to areas selected by each jurisdiction, adopt and apply measures to protect designated nodes from incompatible development and adopt a schedule for completion of nodal plans and implementing ordinances. Program Consistency with the Policy. This policy was addressed, primarily, through the/ND Nodal Development plan designation and overlay zone process described above. A thorough explanation of that process, as well as a detailed explanation of how the City has complied with TransPlan Alternative Plan Performance Measures is provided in the memorandum to the Land Conservation and Development Commission dated November 10, 2003. (See Exhibit F) Growth Management Policies: The 19 Growth Management Policies are intended to implement the vision statement embodied in the growth management scenario (Recycle Eugene) that was overwhelmingly endorsed by the citizens of Eugene. In the final policy adoption process, a "Vision for Managing Growth in Eugene" was generated as a way to synthesize and distill the meaning of "bundles" of policies that work together to achieve a desired outcome. Rather than listing individual GMS policies (which are included in the packet as Exhibit D), this section will use the "vision statement" as a way to simplify the discussion.