The "Special Downtown Jamaica District" established in this Resolution is designed to promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the Downtown Jamaica community. These general goals include, among others, the following specific purpose:

(a)        to strengthen the business core of Downtown Jamaica by improving the working and living environments;

(b)        to foster development in Downtown Jamaica and provide direction and incentives for further growth where appropriate;

(c)        to encourage the development of affordable housing;

(d)        to expand the retail, entertainment and commercial character of the area around the transit center and to enhance the area’s role as a major transportation hub in the City;

(e)        to provide transitions between the downtown commercial core, the lower-scale residential communities and the transportation hub;

(f)        to improve the quality of development in Downtown Jamaica by requiring the provision of specified public amenities in appropriate locations;

(g)        to encourage the design of new buildings that are in character with the area;

(h)        to enhance the pedestrian environment by relieving sidewalk congestion and providing pedestrian amenities; and

(i)        to promote the most desirable use of land and thus conserve and enhance the value of land and buildings, and thereby protect the City's tax revenues.