(a) To set forth specific, consistent design elements for developers and other private parties constructing or modifying street or right-of-way and stormwater facilities;

(b) To establish uniform criteria to guide the City’s construction or reconstruction of City streets and stormwater facilities;

(c) Support the City’s goals of achieving affordable housing, providing adequate facilities for development in an efficient manner, and complying with stormwater management and critical area policies, and to balance these goals with the general safety and mobility needs of the traveling public;

(d) Encourage the standardization of street design elements where necessary for consistency and to assure so far as practical that motoring, bicycling, and pedestrian public safety needs are met. Considerations include safety, convenience, pleasant appearance, proper drainage, and economical maintenance.