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Draft Goals April 26, 2007 Revised June 8, 2007 • Provide transitions between rural and urban areas through zoning and other performance standards. • Promote continued commercial -agricultural use of the land and prevent the decline of agriculture in the City's economy. • Maintain options for agricultural landowners to develop their property. • Protect the ability for existing rural non -farm lifestyles to co -exist in an agricultural setting. • Create a land use plan that supports the preservation of natural resources and permanent open space. 5 . Support the development of a land use plan that responds to regional growth strategies while maintaining the character and vision of the community. Strategies: • Identify regional growth strategies to determine areas within the community that could support and enhance such strategies and goals. • Create a land use plan that considers adjacent land uses in neighboring communities. • Enhance and update the zoning ordinance to support the goals and visions of the community. • Identify and utilize county, state or federal programs to encourage retention of the natural resources in the City. • Preserve and respect existing character and development within the City, while accommodating and serving new development in an environmentally -friendly and economically -sustainable way. • Encourage growth in areas within proximity to key infrastructure including transportation corridors, water, waste water and community facilities. 6.5. Encourage environmentally -friendly development in all areas to promote a sustainable land use pattern. Strategies: • Identify areas that would be suitable for conservation development. • Support open space planning and use it to develop tools and techniques to support conservation development and other low impact development alternatives. • Work with land owners, developers and stakeholders to identify land that could contribute to green corridors and stormwater management areas. • Encourage development of land uses according to function, minimizing land use conflicts and/or damage to the environment. NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN AND HOUSING GOALS T6. Provide a variety of housing types at a range of values to support a sustainable community. Strategies: