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=431.20 additional acres required to be added to existing incorporated City Limits for projected residential development. Land Gae and Zoning Designations Critical to the way the City will develop over the next twenty years is how the City classifies uses of land within its incorporated boundary and its growth areas. Traditionally, city's classify residential land uses by density characteristics, i.e., number of dwelling units to the acre. In order to comply with GMA the cities zoning has attempted to achieve human scaled development, efficient use ofland that discourages urban sprawl and to encourage compatible land uses. Additionally the City recognizes the need to offer a greater variety ofhousing options for City residents, promote affordability and develop a greater sense of local community while maintaining the existing small town character that drew people to Cle Blum in the first place. In this light, new architectural and landscape design guidelines should be created as development standards to further the goals oftbis plan. In the area of commercial and industrial land uses, priority should be given for the Creation of new development regulations that help define job goals which maximize the number of jobs per acre, and environmental goals, which prefer environmentally compatible development. In the following sections a general description of the City of Cte Blum's zoning code classifications are presented as part of the discussion of each of the land use designations. Zoning provides the necessary direction to fulfill the City's vision for greater choice and expanded opportunity for residents, businesses and industries. Zoning will also help Cle Elum efficiently and responsibly meet its population, employment, transportation and other targets as mandated by City Goals, Countywide Planning Policies and the Growth Management Act. The City of Cle Elwn is divided into the zoning districts as follows. Zoning District Name Abbreviation Residential, Single-Family District R Residential, Multi-Family District RM , Old Town Commercial District OTC Entry Commercial District EC General Commercial District GC Business Park District BP Industrial Dlstrict I Public Reserve District P I Planned Mixed Use District PMU I. Residential, Single-Famlly District -R The purpose and intent of the Residential District [R] is to provide for and protect areas for single-family neighborhood homesite development which are designed to meet City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 12 I