a. Improving air quality by reducing vehicle miles traveled and by promoting alternatives to the private automobile;

b. Preserving natural areas and features, particularly in the periphery of the Town;

c. Making possible the efficient use of existing infrastructure and cost-effective extensions of new services;

d. Encouraging in-fill development and reinvestment in built-up areas of the Town; and

e. Promoting physical separation from neighboring communities to help each maintain its individual identity and character.

a. The Town has established a Comprehensive Plan and adopted a cooperative planning area policy by Ordinance 571, Uniform Baseline Standards for Weld County, Firestone, Frederick and Dacono, dated September 7, 1998. The purpose of these documents is to direct growth within the established planning area. No development shall be approved unless, in addition to the other applicable standards of this Code, it is located within the established planning area and is consistent with the Town of Frederick Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, adopted April 20, 2006, as amended from time to time.

b. The Town has established the following land use designations within the planning area to ensure the community grows in a way that enhances its special qualities and maintains a continuity of density, diversity, and interconnectedness: