(1) To provide design standards and guidelines that address site and building design features;

(2) To implement the county’s desire for creating quality residential development as set forth in Objective LU 4.A and associated policies in the Snohomish County GMA Comprehensive Plan;

(3) To provide a well-designed residential environment that creates safe places for children to play and residents to meet;

(4) To contribute to an attractive streetscape by providing buildings with architectural detail;

(5) To improve compatibility of new residential development with existing residential development by appropriate design scale and massing of new residential development; and

(6) To require and promote the use of low impact development (LID) best management practices (BMPs) as directed by the Drainage Manual. (Added by Amended Ord. 08-101, Jan. 21, 2009, Eff date Apr. 21, 2009; Amended by Amended Ord. 17-070, Nov. 1, 2017, Eff date Dec. 1, 2017).