701-A, 702-A, 704-A, 708-A

• The governing body of each municipality may enact, amend, and repeal provisions for traditional neighborhood development (TND)
• TND provisions are enacted within a zoning ordinance as an amendment in accord with Article VI
• TND provisions are designed to encourage innovation and variety in development, provide better opportunities for housing, recreation, and access to services and employment, to promote pedestrian- and transit-oriented development, to foster a sense of place, and more
• TND provisions and consideration of applications for a TND shall be based on the comprehensive plan or statement of community development objectives
• The governing body may also adopt by ordinance a manual of design guidelines to assist in TND proposals

702-A, 705-A, 706-A, 707-A

• A TND may be a new development; in such case TND designation shall be in the form of an overlay zone
• A TND may be an outgrowth of existing development or urban infill; in such case TND designation may be either an overlay zone or outright zoning designation
• TND provisions shall:
• Set forth uses permitted in a TND
• Establish standards for density or intensity of uses
• Set forth procedures for application for, hearing on, and preliminary and final approval of a TND
• TND provisions may:
• Regulate the timing of various types of development
• Establish standards encouraging flexibility of housing densities, design, and types for a TND to be developed over a period of years
• Require a minimum number of dwelling units
• Provide for transferable development rights
• TND provisions should include but not be limited to:
• Provision of open space, parks, and natural features
• Promotion of compact development, orientation to streets and sidewalks, and varying TND densities
• Other design guidelines specified in 706-A(d)
• A sketch plan may be presented and informally reviewed