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o Policy UD-2.2 Compatibility and Use With Setting. Employ <br />buffers and other urban design strategies to encourage the <br />compatibility of new development with the scale, bulk, and <br />pattern of existing development. <br />o Policy UD-2.4 Intentional Design. Encourage design and <br />architecture on private and public property that accentuate focal <br />points, activity nodes, and historic areas. <br />o Policy UD-2.5 Relation to Surroundings. Ensure new <br />development exhibits a functional, comfortable scale in relation <br />to its neighborhood. <br />o Policy UD-2.7 Building and Strengthening Identity. Collaborate <br />with community stakeholders to strengthen and foster <br />development of community and neighborhood identity and <br />district character through complementary architecture, unique <br />streetscapes, and programming. <br />o Policy UD-2.10 Greening the Built Environment. Promote <br />planting of shade trees and require, where feasible, <br />preservation and site design that uses appropriate tree species <br />to shade parking lots, streets, and other facilities, with the goal <br />of reducing the heat island effect. <br />• Goal UD-3: Attractive Travelways. Create and maintain safe and <br />attractive travelways through coordinated streetscape design. <br />o Policy UD-3.3 Foster Community Building. Promote a safe <br />environment that facilitates social interaction and improves <br />active transportation along corridors. <br />o Policy UD-3.4 Improvements to Streetscape. Promote <br />streetscape improvement plans that are responsive to <br />community needs, the nature of adjacent uses, path <br />characteristics, street classification, pedestrian scale, and view <br />corridors. <br />o Policy UD-3.6 Linear Park System. Support open space <br />improvements along roadways and nonvehicular paths, such as <br />bike or multiuse trails, to create linear open space that connect <br />to a network of parks and activity areas throughout the city. <br />o Policy UD-3.8 Pleasant Travel Experience. Maximize the use of <br />street trees and parkway landscaping to create a pleasant travel <br />experience and positive city image. <br />• Goal UD-4: Nodes and People Places. Create nodes and urban hubs <br />throughout the City to foster community, education, arts and culture, <br />Ordinance No. NS- <br />Page 9 of 16 <br />