S-C Chambers Special Area Zone Amended
9.3050 Purpose of S-C Chambers Special Area Zone.
The S-C Chambers Special Area zone is intended to:
(1) Protect and maintain healthy existing residential neighborhoods by ensuring compatible design for infill development in terms of mass, scale, orientation and setback to complement patterns in the existing neighborhood;
(2) Promote a general increase in density with a mix of multi-unit, middle housing, and single-unit residential development that contributes positively to the neighborhood pattern of single-unit dwellings;
(3) Protect existing commercial businesses, encourage commercial infill, redevelopment and development with design standards that support the neighborhood cohesiveness;
(4) Create transitions between higher intensity commercial land uses and residential neighborhoods, in terms of building heights, set backs and building facades;
(5) Establish, strengthen, and maintain a high quality urban environment with compatible commercial, residential and employment and industrial use; and
(6) Create a pedestrian friendly environment.