17.55.090 Design Standards.
The following design standards are intended to improve the character and aesthetic qualities of developments in the Shoreline Protection Overlay Zone, and to minimize impacts on important natural and other site features. Variations from these standards may be granted by the Planning Commission provided that the overall intent of this section is achieved by the alternative design.
1. Lots/Building Envelopes.
a. The location and orientation of individual lots, building envelopes, and building sites shall be designed to maintain the natural topography and drainage patterns, to preserve important natural features in their natural condition, to minimize disturbance of natural vegetated cover, and to minimize grading, cut-and-fill, and soil removal to minimize negative impacts on the natural resources of the site as identified by the site features map and/or site inventory.
b. All building construction must comply with floodplain regulations as adopted by the City.
c. Building envelopes on individual or common lots should be set back as far as possible from significant site features, consistent with other design parameters of this section, to augment and protect the integrity of natural site features.
d. Where practicable, multiple lots and/or buildings should be grouped into clusters, which should be located to minimize negative impacts on the natural resources of the site and conflicts between incompatible uses.
e. Individual lot lines and building envelopes shall, to the extent possible, conform to the natural contours of the site and be delineated to minimize negative impacts on the natural resources of the site, as identified by the site features map and/or site inventory.