18.90.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide density incentives to developers of residential lands in urban areas and rural activity centers, in exchange for public benefits to help achieve comprehensive plan goals of affordable housing, open space protection, historic preservation and energy conservation, by:
(1) Defining in quantified terms the public benefits that can be used to earn density incentives;
(2) Providing rules and formulae for computing density incentives earned by each benefit;
(3) Providing a method to realize the development potential of sites containing unique features of size, topography, environmental features or shape; and
(4) Providing a review process to allow evaluation of proposed density increases and the public benefits offered to earn them, and to give the public opportunities to review and comment. (Ord. 42-02 § 2 (21A.34.010))