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The purpose of Design Review is to: A. Encourage better design and site planning to help ensure that new development enhances the character of the city and sensitively fits into neighborhoods, while allowing for diversity and creativity; and B. Provide flexibility in the application of development standards to better meet the intent of the Land Use Code as established by City policy, to meet neighborhood objectives, and to provide for effective mitigation of a proposed project's impact and influence on a neighborhood; C. Promote and support communication and mutual understanding among applicants, neighborhoods, and the City early and throughout the development review process; and D. Promote the consideration of public safety in design as a way to reduce crime and improve quality of life. (Ord. 127309 , § 1, 2025; Ord. 125429 , § 3, 2017; Ord. 124389, § 2, 2013; Ord. 116909 , § 1, 1993.)