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Neighborhood character: (See also character; community character) Features that make areas of the city attractive living environments. Neighborhood disruption includes activities that detract from safe and peaceful enjoyment of such areas. Special exception standards that require facilities to be in keeping with the neighborhood character must consider generation of noise, dust, and traffic, among other features in excess of that otherwise normal to such neighborhood.. Design can be in keeping with neighborhood character when, for example, similar exterior materials and structural members are used, i.e., brick siding, pitched roof. (Dodge City, Kans.) The atmosphere or physical environment which is created by the combination of land use and buildings within an area. Neighborhood character is established and influenced by land -use types and intensity, traffic generation, and also by the location, size, and design of structures as well as the interrelationship of all these features. (Warsaw, N.Y.) Neighborhood plan: The master plan for a particular neighborhood or district that provides specific design standards and guidelines regulating the development and use of the property. (Orlando, Fla.) A plan designed to guide the platting of remaining vacant parcels in a partially built-up neighborhood to make reasonable use of all land, correlate street patterns, and provide adequate drainage. (Sedona, Ariz.) A document adopted by the [local legislature] as a part of the comprehensive plan of the city containing public policies relating to a specific neighborhood. (Ft. Collins, Colo.) What is clear from staff review of various resources, and obvious from the very name of the concept, is that Neighborhood Uniformity is specific to individual neighborhoods. In Paris, architecture and design can vary from street to street even within a neighborhood. Consequently, it is unlikely that a single set of design standards, such as those adopted in the city's Historic Overlay Districts, would be able to take into account every neighborhood in Paris. Even so, the concept is a valuable one, and, as noted, at this time the Program guidelines do not address it. Staff has determined that a simple revision under which the guidelines provide some variation of the first definition of Neighborhood Uniformity set forth above is followed by a requirement explicitly providing that the design of all new structures built pursuant to a 5 in 5 Program agreement must take such uniformity into consideration and be approved by staff so that the character of the given area is maintained. This would give staff the flexibility of reviewing proposed designs in each application with a view to what is already in existence in the neighboring properties. If Council agrees with this proposed type of revision, staff can bring that back to Council within the next two regular meetings. Should City Council wish to proceed in a different manner, please provide direction to staff as to how Council wishes to move forward.