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D. Maintain land use patterns that maximize residents' accessibility to parks, open space, and neighborhood shopping centers. E. Maintain a balance of land uses and a variety of housing types over time. F. Continue to maintain efficient land use patterns and ensure that infill development maintains the scale and character of established neighborhoods. G. Undertake efforts to facilitate provision of housing affordable to low- and very -low income households by exempting such housing from any numerical growth limitations included in this chapter. H. Ensure that growth is paced to achieve general plan buildout over a twenty -year period, representing an annual average growth rate of one percent. I. Promote contiguous urban development and maintain a compact form over successive stages of the city's development. J. Ensure all new development provides the necessary public facilities to support the development. K. Minimize the impacts, physical, visual and fiscal, of growth and annexation on existing homes and businesses. L. Maintain high levels of mobility along all major street segments and at major intersections. M. Build new roads and improve existing roadways, where necessary, in conjunction with new development. N. Develop additional parkland in the city to meet the standards of required park acreage for new residents pursuant to an ordinance providing for dedication of park land and payment of in lieu fees. O. Ensure that adequate wastewater facilities and services are available to meet the needs of existing and new development. P. Provide sufficient quantities of water for Rohnert Park residents and businesses, while ensuring that safe groundwater yield is not exceeded. (Ord. 711 2 (part), 2004: Ord. 695 3, 2003) 17.19.020 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words, phrases, and terms shall have the meanings set forth herein. Words not defined shall be given their common and ordinary meaning. A. "Final discretionary approval" means the last action by the city that calls for the exercise of judgment in deciding whether to approve and/or how to carry out (e.g., project phasing) a residential project or a mixed -use project with a residential component. Examples include, but are not limited to approvals of conditional use permits, tentative maps, development agreements, annexations, rezonings, and architectural /site design reviews. Multiple Discretionary Approvals. For purposes of determining the date of final discretionary approval for a project with multiple discretionary approvals, the action establishing a certain number of residential units shall be considered the date of final discretionary approval. For subdivision developments, this action would be tentative map approval by the planning commission. For non subdivision development, this action will usually be architectural /site design review. Project Appeals. If a project approval is appealed and the approval is upheld, the original approval date (e.g., date of planning commission approval) is the final discretionary approval. If a project is denied, but approved on appeal, the approval date is the final discretionary approval (e.g., date of city council action).