New Poll Question

As with the Subdivision Update Blog, I will be posting poll questions on the site to gauge people's opinions on specific aspects of the project.

The first poll question is: "Should the "Lower Pioneer Way" area (SR-20 to City Beach Street) be included in the design regulations update?"

Good Site Design = Livability

The basic principles of good site planning, as those prescribed by the Design Regulations, can be remembered with the acronym SAFE.

S - SAFE
A - ATTRACTIVE
F - FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
E - EFFICIENT AND USEABLE

This involves attention to how sites, buildings, open spaces, and streets work together to create a positive sense of place. At the scale of a street, neighborhood, or an entire city these combine with environmental, social and economic characteristics to greatly affect the livability of our community.

Design Regulations

The rules defined in the Design Regulations & Guidelines document help direct the look and function of new development in our city.

These rules have been created to meet the community's long term goals defined in the Comprehensive Plan.

The rules require design that is human scaled, people oriented, neighborhood appropriate, builds on our community's history and addresses the street and public areas.

Welcome

With this blog I am inviting you to participate in the City's project to update our Design Regulations. This update will focus on specific design provisions for the historic downtown district.

As with the other project blogs, I am using this site as a central location or framework for community participation and communication, and have included many of the same features.

In addition to this blog, small group round table discussions, coffee house meetings, and other methods will again be used to create an open dialog during this project (in addition to standard meeting and notice practices). Check back here regularly to find:

• up-to-date information;
• report videos;
• monthly poll questions;
• discussion items;
• meeting schedules; and
• a variety of supporting documents and web links.