7. Encourage mixed-use development types fronting River Road. <br />8. Create design standards and guidelines so that a harmonious relationship between <br />buildings and public streets and other spaces and between buildings and parks and <br />greenway is achieved. <br />9. Achieve internal pedestrian and bicycle connectivity within developments and <br />encourage, the construction of "people space." <br />10. Create buffering and setback standards so that commercial and medium density <br />residential areas provide a harmonious relationship to adjacent single family areas. <br />11. Create parking standards that assure transit and bicycle-supportive compact <br />development, that are flexible, and that are responsive to realistic market conditions. <br />12. Preserve and reinforce the single family character of existing R-1 zoned properties <br />fronting River Road. <br />North Commercial Area <br />The development goal for this area is to encourage smaller commercial, office and mixed use <br />developments, and to resolve several issues including joint-use parking for multiple businesses <br />and non-conforming uses. Development concepts for the North Commercial Area include: <br />1. Encourage mixed use low rise, multi-tenant commercial and commercial office <br />development types. <br />2. Limit heights of commercial and mixed use developments to 2-3 stories. <br />3. Overcome development problems, especially parking, with the many small commercial <br />parcels in the area. <br />4. Address the issue of existing non-conforming automobile services in the area. <br />North Medium Density <br />Residential Area <br />The development goal for the <br />North Residential Area is to <br />encourage moderate residential <br />density and mixed use infill <br />development on parcels fronting <br />River Road. Lower density <br />residential uses are appropriate <br />near the Willamette Greenway. <br />Development concepts for the <br />Northern Medium Density <br />Residential Area include: <br />1. Encourage rowhouses and <br />low rise mixed use <br />development types along <br />River Road. <br />2. Encourage cluster housing <br />