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basis for development regulations ~d infrastructure improvements w/thin the Royal Avenue Specific Plan ar~a. The draft plan. is based on a set of guiding principles, most o~ which are, essentially, design Principles. The plan proposes the use of l~0th design standards and desi gn guidelines for built elements of the nodal development area. 3& Policy 8 (Environmental Design Element ]>age III-E-3) "Site planning standards developed by local ju~sdictions shall allow for flexibility in design that will achieve she planning objectives while allowing for creative solutions to design problems.'~ The code amendments that implement the Royal Avenue Specific Plan include provisions for an "adjustment" process that allows the development proposal to be evaluated using a set of Design Guidelines rat~er than design standards. The guidelines are intended to promote fle~:ibility and all(Jw for creative design solutions while adhering to the nodal development design principle~. 31. Policy F-1 (Transportation Element ) "Apply the nodal development strategy' in areas selected by each jUrisdiction that have identified potential for this type of transportation- effident pattern." The Royal Node is included on the Nodal Development Areas map adopted as pan of TransPlan. The Roya~ areais identified as Node 4-F on the map. 32. Policy F-2 (Transportation Element) "Support the application of the nodal development strategyin designated areas through information, technical assistance, or incentives?' The planning process fbr the Royal node has generated a significant amount of inlbrmation about the node and about the nodal development concept. Plan preparation was assisted by staff and consultants who prOduced a w/de array of technical infon~ation on transportation, street design, park design, housing ~lesign, economics, stormwater design, -wetlands preservation and mitigation, and other Plan elements. The City has assumed considerable cost in preparing wetland plans and inlbrmation that would otherwise have been borne by individual property or, reefs. The City has also assUmed the cost of preparing the Royal Avenue Specific Plan, a general incentive for appropriate development in the area. 33~ Policy F-3 (Transportation Elemem) "Provide for ~ansibsupportive land use patterns and development, including higher intensity, transk-oriented development along major transit corridors and near transk stations, and high-density residential development within 1/4 mile of transit stations, major transit corridors, employment centers, and dow,ntown areas; and development and redevelopment in designated areas that are or could be served by existing or planned transit." Code amendments that implement the Royal Avenue Specific Plan proposes a transit*supportive land use and development Pattern in which d~velopment must occur at an overall density of 12 dwelling units per net acre; a l~vel of density approximately twice that of development in the surrounding Exhibit D * 14