20.10.380 Evergreen Highlands Design District (EH).
A. Purpose. The Evergreen Highlands Design District provides an area for the location of high technology research and development facilities; associated light assembly and warehousing; other manufacturing uses with similar character, intensity and impact; support service and retail uses; office uses; corporate headquarters and residential uses. It represents a unique land resource, and is to be developed as a well integrated, mixed-use district sensitive to natural constraints and surrounding established development patterns. All development should exhibit high quality design, and maintain high performance levels.
B. The Evergreen Highlands Design District is divided into four performance areas as delineated by the Evergreen Highlands Zoning Map. These performance areas constitute separate land use districts and permit variation in use and development standards in order to implement the goals and policies of the Evergreen Highlands Subarea Plan, and to insure attention to specific environmental features of the various performance areas.
1. Evergreen Highlands Performance Area A (EH-A). The purpose of this performance area is to provide a location for Medium Density Multifamily development, not exceeding 11 units per gross acre. This performance area is intended to provide housing opportunities, and to serve as a transition to the single-family housing adjacent to the Evergreen Highlands Design District.
2. Evergreen Highlands Performance Area B (EH-B). The purpose of this performance area is to provide a location for lower intensity office uses. It serves as a transition between the residential development in Performance Area A and the higher intensity nonresidential uses in Performance Area C. This performance area constitutes the area of highest environmental sensitivity within the Design District, and development must reflect the natural limitations of the land.
3. Evergreen Highlands Performance Area C (EH-C). The purpose of this performance area is to provide a location for research and development activity, office uses, and convenience retail and service uses. This performance area will serve as the focal point for the entire Design District. It must be developed in a campus-like research and development park theme, and should be compatible with nearby less intense areas.
4. Evergreen Highlands Performance Area D (EH-D). The purpose of this performance area is to provide a location for office uses. It serves as a transition between the concentration of research and development and office uses to the north and the surrounding land use districts. (Ord. 3219, 1-17-83, § 2)