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=431.20 additional acres required to be added to existing incorporated City Limits <br />for projected residential developmeat. <br />Land Use and Zoning Designations <br />Critical to the way the City will develop over the next twenty years is how the City <br />classifies uses ofland within its inoorporated boundary and its growth areas. <br />Traditionally, city"s classify residential land uses by density characteristics. i.e., number <br />of dwelling units to the acre. In order to comply with GMA the cities zoning has <br />attempted to achieve human scaled development, efficient use ofland that discourages <br />urban sprawl and to encourage compab'ble land uses. Additionally the City recognizes the <br />need to offer a greater variety of housing options for City residents, promote affordability <br />and develop a greater sense oflocal community while maintainin g the existing small <br />town character that dMW people to Cle Elum in the first place. In this light, new <br />architectural and landscape design guidelines should be created as development standards <br />to further the goals of this plan. <br />In the area of commercial and industrial land uses, priority should be given for the <br />creation of new development regulations that help define job goals which maximize the <br />nwnber of jobs per acre, and environmental goals, which prefer environmentally <br />compatible development In the following sections a general description of the City of <br />Cle Elum•s zoning code classifications are presented as part of the discussion of each of <br />the land use designations. Zoning provides the necessary direction to fulfiU the City's <br />vision for greater choice and expanded opportwrity for residents, businesses and <br />industries. Zoning will also help Cle Elum efficiently and responsibly meet its <br />population. employm~t, transportation and other targets as mandated by City Goals, <br />Countywide Planning Policies and the Growth Man~gement Act. The City of Cle Elum is <br />divided into the zoning districts as follows. <br />Zonlag <br />DilbictName Abbreviatum <br />Residential, Singlo-Panlily District R <br />ResidentiaJ_, Multi-Family District RM <br />Old Town Commercial District OTC <br />Entrv Commercial District EC <br />General Commercial District GC <br />Business Park District BP <br />Industrial District I <br />Public Reserve District p <br />.Planned Mixed Use District PMU <br />I. Residential, Siagle-Family District -R <br />The purpose and intent of the Residential District [RJ is to provide for and protect areas <br />for single-family neighborhood homesite development which are designed to meet <br />City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 12