§ 9128.16. Residential Condominiums - Development Criteria.

There are important considerations relative to each proposal for residential condominium usage and to each proposed site that do not lend themselves to specific development standards. The following criteria shall apply to proposals for condominium usage made pursuant to the provisions of CMC § 9128.11 through § 9128.17 , and shall serve as a basis for the evaluation of accepted and appropriate planning and architectural techniques necessary for the orderly development of the City, and concurrently shall give substance to the policies necessary to achieve the purposes of these sections:

The project should be a comprehensive and integrated design, providing for its own open space, offstreet parking and amenities for contemporary living. Insofar as the scale of the project allows, open space, walkways and other areas for people should be separated from parking areas, driveways and other areas for automobiles.

Architectural unit and harmony should be achieved both within the project and between the project and the surrounding community so that the project does not constitute a disruption to the established fabric of the community.

The layout of structures and other facilities should effect a conservation in street, driveway, curb cut, utility and other public or quasi-public improvements. Structures should be designed to minimize, within the context of accepted architectural practice, the consumption of natural resources either directly or indirectly (e.g., gas, water, electricity).

The project should be designed to maintain as much of the natural topography, large trees and environment as practical.

The configuration and orientation of the project should respect reasonable design limits imposed by the natural and man-made environment. Structures should be situated to take advantage of view, topography, sun and wind, while at the same time not destroying these advantages for adjacent properties. Structures should also be situated to minimize or buffer any undesirable characteristics of the site such as street noise and nearby obnoxious commercial or industrial uses.

The layout of units and open space within the project should establish, through the use of structure and landscape materials, a perceptible spatial transition from the public street, though the semiprivacy of the common areas, to the privacy of the unit. Most importantly, the environment of each condominium unit should be private and free from visual, audible and other intrusions.