The city of Auburn flexible development alternatives process is intended to allow greater flexibility and creativity to develop a site through the development review process via alternative development standards in exchange for public benefit to the citizens of Auburn that helps the city accomplish goals and policies outlined within its comprehensive plan. In exchange for the enhanced flexibility offered by these alternative standards, the city requires that the proposed development result in a significantly higher quality of design, generate more of a public benefit, and be more environmentally sensitive than would have been the case with the use of standard zoning or subdivision procedures.

This chapter describes standards and requirements to be used by the city of Auburn to determine whether a development proposal meets the city’s minimum requirements to be eligible for review under the flexible development alternatives approval process. (Ord. 6245 § 19, 2009.)