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Prepared September ll, 1999 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REORDAINING ARTICLE X OF CHAPTER 34 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE, 1990, AS AMENDED, BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE X -A, TO BE NUMBERED SECTIONS 34-359 THROUGH 34-369 RELATING TO A ZONING DISTRICT TO BE NAMED TRANSITION ZONE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that a new Article is hereby added to Chapter 34 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1990, as amended, to be identified as Article X -A and numbered Sections 34-359 through 34-369, to read as follows: ARTICLE X -A. TRANSITION ZONE DISTRICT See. 34-359. Purpose and Intent The Transition Zone Mixed Use Zoning Ordinance establishes a zoning classification which encourages the conservation of land resources, the minimization of automobile travel and the location of employment and retail centers in proximity to housing. This zone permits • developments that include a mixture of residential, commercial, cultural, and institutional uses in a single structure or multiple but integrated and related structures. It also permits increased development on busier streets without fostering a strip commercial appearance. The intent is to encourage development that will consist primarily of businesses on the ground floor with offices and housing on upper stories. Development is intended to be pedestrian -oriented with buildings close to and oriented to the sidewalk. The following are the objectives of the Transition Zone District regulations: (1) To create a dynamic street life, encouraging the placement of buildings close to property lines, and/or heavily landscaped yard areas, in order to engage pedestrians and de-emphasize parking facilities. (2) To encourage mixed-use development. (3) To facilitate development which demonstrates an appropriateness of scale. (4) To encourage development which offers creative minimization of the impact of parking facilities and vehicular traffic. (5) To encourage landscaped spaces available for pedestrian use (e.g., pocket parks, tree -lined streets and walkways). (6) To encourage development which facilitates alternative forms of transportation (e.g., pedestrian travel, bicycle paths, use of public transit). (7) To encourage neighborhood -enhancing economic activity. • (8) To encourage home ownership. (9) To encourage neighborhood participation in the development process.