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44 Goa6 statements and objectives .the coalition endorses with minor changes or as is LANLI USE -minor changes recommended Goal 1: Avoid language such as high quality of lfe that can be defined differently by each person. LU-1.1: "Coordinate the location of higher intensity l high density residential and non-residential development with existing or planned locations of public transportation, commercial and community services, protected natural and cultural resources, and adequate, supporting infrastructure (i.e., water and sewer, ~g1~-~h~ter-net-act streets, and sidezvah~s). This could be achieved by increasing allowable densities and creating new mixed-use honing districts where adequate public services are available." LU-1.2: "Evaluate and report on whether existing and approved locations for future residential and non-residential developments are coordinated with the location ofpublic transportation, commercial and community services, and adequate supporting infrastructure (i. e., water and sewer services, h~tgh-speea ~„~;°,.,°~ ~~~°° ;streets and sidewalks). " LU-1.3: Avoid language such as enhance community character that can be defined differently by each person. Goal 2: Define community character. LU-2.2: Specify for~what purpose, and for the benefit whom (the land owner, the public, etc.), the County will protect valuable resource lands. . LU 2.3: `.`Require non-residential and higl~er-density residential developments within Transition Areas to use Best Management Practicer (BMP's) for stormwater control, as outlined within the Orange County Zoning Ordinance and Sedimentation Control Ordinance, to ensure thatpotential adverse impacts on the water gzrality of existing and proposed reservoir sites are avoided." LU-2.7: "Develop Green Building Standards to guide the design, siting, construction and management of public buildings and public housing in a manner that conserves energy and/or uses nonpolluting renewable energy sources. Provide incentives for those developers who choose to follow such guidelines for private developments." LU-2.10: "Develop design standards orguidelines that address scale and densi for residential, mixed-use, indaastrial, and commercial land uses to promote s,;;;.;;..;:i ss{' f.~s :;>'the protection of the visual and cultural environment of the county." LU-3.7: "'-'°~°°-•°°°~°° •°•' °~' °°° Ensure that development standards for Rural Community, Rural Neighborhood, Rural Village, Rurallndustrial, Commercial, and Commercial/Industrial Nodes encourage a clustered, walkable developmentpattern and LU-3.9 (second LU-3.8 in the draft plan): "Create new honing district(s) which allow for a mixing of commercial and residential uses, a mixing of hoaasing types, and creates a more pedestrian friendly developmentpattern where appropriate. Nezv districts should be applied in areas where public services exist or are planned far in the future, in areas that promote higher intensity and high density uses on tl~e Future Land Use Plan map." LAND USE -endorsed as is Overarching Goal: "Coordination of the amount, location, pattern and designation of future land uses, with availability of county services and facilities. sufficient to meet the needs of Orange County's population and economy consistent with other Comprehensive Plan elementgoals and objectives." LU-2.1: "Maintain the rural, low-density land surrounding Transition Areas as Rural Buffer lands, as designated by the Future Land Use Plan. Future consideration should be given to designating Rural Buffer areas around other municipalities where such interest exists." LU-2.5: "Adopt and implement policies that specify appropriate land uses and intensities of development in Protected and Critical tiVater Resource Areas that will not have potential adverse impacts on water resources." LU-2.6: "Designate and then periodically review prime reservoir sites, based on an evaluation of water resources throughout the county, to protect those areas from adverse development impacts and to ensure that regulations for these areas are appropriate." LU-2.8: "Develop performance standards for development on lands with non-renewable resources to ensure a suffzcient level of environmental protection for these resources." LU-2.9: "Evaluate the carrying capacity ofgroundwater and surface water resources of the 75 watersheds in Orange County." Goal 3: "A variety of land uses that are coordinated within a program and pattern that limits sprawl, preserves community and rural cl~aracter, minimises land use conflicts, supported by an ~cient and balanced transportation ystem." Updated; ~/4/t)$ I'ranspc~rtation Lleinent