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LU -1.9 Seek to provide adequate and appropriate lands for development for all <br />necessary uses to accommodate the City of Cle Elum 2025 Population Projections. <br />Goal LU-2: Maintain residential quality and livability suitable for a rural town. <br />Policies: <br />LU -2.1 Encourage the development of compact, human-scale neighborhoods planned to <br />be focused around the Old Town Commercial core as the nexus for civic, cultural, <br />historic and commercial activities. <br />LU -2.2 Encourage the retention of existing open spaces, trails, mobility corridors and <br />encourage the creation of a City-wide, linked open space and trail network in order to <br />retain the existing rural character amongst residential areas of the City. <br />LU -2.3 Develop multi-family design guidelines and affordability incentives which <br />promote high quality affordable residential development. <br />LU -2.4 Protect neighborhoods from adverse impacts such as excessive traffic, junk <br />vehicles or other nuisances by actively and consistently enforcing City codes. <br />LU -2.5 Support transit opportunities linked to residential growth. <br />LU -2.6 Encourage housing rehabilitation to enhance neighborhood livability and <br />aesthetic by seeking infonnation [for residents] on appropriate rehabilitation strategies, <br />grants or loan programs. <br />LV -2.7 Promote the development and construction of pedestrian and bicycle facilities <br />within, and linking, proposed and existing residential developments, commercial service <br />areas and recreational opportunities. <br />LU -2.8 Protect residential zoning districts from adverse impacts created by land uses <br />permitted in adjoining commercial or industrial zoning districts. Where possible, relocate <br />or create "transitional overlays" to those districts. <br />LU -2.9 Preserve the "established" character in existing neighborhoods that are <br />significantly built-out by zoning for infill development to occur at densities, and with <br />similar standards, consistent with the existing development pattern. <br />LU -2.10 Encourage the development of affordable housing that is "Fee Simple", either <br />through development agreement [CEMC 17.1401 or by code change. <br />LU -2.11 Enact an "Affordable Housing" zoning provision that can be used to attain <br />true affordability, directly tied to a percentage of Average Median Income for Kittitas <br />County [AMI]. <br />City of Cle Elmn -Land Use Plan 26