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with the development standards of this chapter and/or the multiple-family design guidelines, but <br /> which meets the criteria contained herein. In evaluating such a proposal, the planning director, <br /> using the criteria in subsection D.3 of this section, shall determine if the alternative design <br /> provides equivalent or superior results to that which would be required by compliance with the <br /> development standards of this chapter and the design guidelines. <br /> 1. What Can Be Modified_The following standards can be modified using this process: <br /> a. Multiple-family design guidelines; <br /> b. Permitted number of dwelling units may be increased by not more than ten percent; <br /> c. Building setbacks and separation between buildings; <br /> d. Building height; <br /> e. Open space and on-site recreation standards of this chapter; <br /> f. Landscaping requirements; <br /> g. Parking location; <br /> h. Pedestrian access requirements as provided by subsection 15.080.C. <br /> 2. What Cannot Be Modified. Except for the standards identified in subsection D.1 of this <br /> section, no other standards, including the following, can be modified using this process: <br /> a. Number of off-street parking spaces; <br /> b. Uses permitted by the zone in which the property is located; <br /> c. Regulations for nonconforming uses; <br /> d. Standards of Chapter 37 of the Zoning Code (Environmentally Sensitive Areas); <br /> e. Shoreline regulations, where applicable; <br /> f. Standards adopted as part of"H"historic or"D"design overlay zones. <br /> 3. Evaluation Criteria for Modification. Any proposal to modify development standards or <br /> design guidelines shall not undermine the intent of the standards of this chapter or the intent of <br /> the multiple-family design guidelines. The planning director shall not approve a request for <br /> modification unless the proposal provides architectural and urban design elements equivalent or <br /> superior to what would likely result from compliance with the multiple-family design guidelines <br /> and the development standards of the Zoning Code which are proposed to be modified. The <br /> planning director shall consider the following criteria in evaluating proposals using this process: <br /> a. The unique characteristics of the subject property and/or its surroundings and how they <br /> will be protected or enhanced by modifying the development standards or design guidelines. <br /> b. The positive characteristics of the proposed development and whether such <br /> characteristics could be provided by compliance with the development standards and/or design <br /> guidelines proposed to be modified. <br /> c. The arrangement of buildings and open spaces as they relate to other buildings and/or <br /> uses on the subject property and on surrounding properties. <br /> d. Visual impact to surrounding properties caused by parking facilities in the proposed <br /> development and whether such impacts are less than would result from compliance with the <br /> development standards and/or design guidelines proposed to be modified. <br /> e. If the development proposes greater building height than permitted by the zone in which <br /> the property is located, does the increase in building height result in an increase in the usable <br /> open space on the property over what would be provided by meeting the development standards <br /> and design guidelines proposed to be modified? <br /> f. If the development proposes greater building height than permitted by the zone in which <br /> the property is located, does the increase in building height impact the views or privacy of <br /> abutting residentially zoned properties? <br /> 7 <br />