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1159.01 INTENT *?* (b) Offer cluster and townhouse development as a transitional use along and in locations which should remain residential but are not or may not be, suitable for standard residential subdivisions. This transitional use is appropriate along major arterial and collector streets and not designed for local residential streets; and WHEREAS, The Mayfield Village Planning and Zoning Code further defines "arterial" and "collector" streets as follows: 1113.21 STREETS (2) "Arterial street" means a public street which is primarily for moving fast or heavy traffic between large or intensively developed districts. (3) "Collector street" means a street supplementary to and connecting arterial streets to local streets; and WHEREAS, Highland Road runs east-west between I-271 and SOM Center Road and experiences such daily traffic volumes as to meet the classification of arterial and collector streets as defined in the Planning and Zoning Code; and WHEREAS, the land use and development history of the properties situated on the south side of Highland Road reflect their transitional chazacteristics: they front on a busy thoroughfare; they are not connected to any other neighborhood, except tlze houses situated on the north side of Highland Road; many aze split-zoned, as aze the subject praperties, between residential and cornmercial use classifications; some parcels have remained vacant and undeveloped for decades; all parcels shaze a common southern boundary with the Beta Office/Industrial Park; collectively the properties have substantial undeveloped green space acreage; and WHEREAS, the Village has determined that legitimate public interests will be served in the proposed development, as further conditioned by this Agreement, by: providing residences meeting the purposes and criteria of Chapter 1159; by improving the value and usage of presently underutilized property; by increasing public access to and enjoyment of green spaces while better connecting this residential neighborhood with other Village amenities via linkage with fihe Village's Bruce G. Rinker Greenway; through controlled development that achieves a balance between housing density and green space consistent with Mayfield Village land use and development policies; and WHEREAS, the Village desires to convey the Village Property to Developer consistent with the purposes and intentions outlined in Chapter 1159 in order to allow Developer to expand