8-13D-10-3: SITE DESIGN:

   Parcel developers, builders and lot owners will be encouraged to use innovative and environmentally responsive techniques in designing the final configuration of lots, buildings, roadways, drives, etc. These techniques include, but are not limited to, the following:

   1.    Minimize development intensity in the highly visible valley floor and concentrate development in more hidden valley coves .

   2.   Minimize development on highly visible hillside slopes. Keep development predominantly at the top and base of slopes.

   3.    Clu ster buil din gs to ma xim ize con tigu ous open space and minimize disruption to native vegetation.

   4.    Tuck buildings into topographic folds and site ridge-top units in saddles to minimize "skylining."

   5.   Offset and stagger building envelopes on rural residential lots to permit views between units and prevent the formation of a uniform wall of building faces.

   6.    On villag e and town home lots, buildi ngs shoul d align on build-to setback line to create a uniform edge to the town center streets.

   7.   Keep views at the terminus of roadway intersections open to amenities, open space, and creek beds.

   8.   Avoid steep slopes (>25%) and soils with poor bearing capacities.

   9.   Site buildings to capitalize on passive cooling/heating.

(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)