A. Generally. The urban village designation is intended to implement comprehensive plan goals and policies directing much of the city’s future growth within compact urban centers (or “villages”) while preserving the character of existing residential neighborhoods. This designation is intended to accommodate a compatible mix of residential, commercial, light industrial, public, and institutional land uses. The ultimate mix of land uses, appropriate densities, infrastructure requirements and other typical zoning, design and development standards shall be established in a master plan that would be developed by the city and/or by property owners working with the city. Master plans are implemented by development and design standards and regulations adopted within this chapter.

B. Use qualifiers are generally assigned to each urban village based on the name or location of the particular urban village. Individual development and design standards are developed for each urban village, consistent with an adopted master plan, to respond to the existing or intended qualities and character unique to each village. These regulations are to be used together with any other general regulations within this title that apply to all urban village development.

C. The Samish urban village qualifier is intended to implement the Samish Way urban village plan which provides a policy framework for a 68-acre area surrounding Samish Way, generally located west of I-5, east of 34th Street, north of Bill McDonald Parkway and south of Edwards Street.

D. The fountain district urban village qualifier is intended to implement the fountain district urban village plan which provides a policy framework for a 90-acre area surrounding Meridian Street and Elm Street/Northwest Avenue, generally located north of Girard and south of W. Illinois.

E. The Fairhaven urban village qualifier is intended to implement the Fairhaven neighborhood and urban village plan which provides a policy framework for an approximately 190-acre area generally located north of Cowgill Avenue, west of 14th Street, south of Knox Avenue, and east of Bellingham Bay.

F. The waterfront district urban village qualifier is intended to implement the waterfront district subarea plan, which provides a policy framework for an approximately 237-acre area generally located along the Bellingham waterfront north of Boulevard and Wharf Street, west of the downtown district commercial area, and south of Roeder Avenue and the I & J Waterway.

G. The “downtown district” urban village use qualifier is intended to implement the downtown Bellingham plan which provides a policy framework for an approximately 269-acre area generally located east of the waterfront and old town districts, south of F, Ellsworth, D, Halleck, New and Ohio Streets, west of Franklin Street, and north of Oak, Garden and Chestnut Streets. [Ord. 2014-09-049 § 51; Ord. 2013-12-090 § 9; Ord. 2012-08-041 § 12; Ord. 2010-10-057; Ord. 2009-11-069].