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 purposes:

1. to strengthen Downtown Jamaica and its nearby major corridors by promoting the establishment of mixed-use, transit-oriented growth hubs;
2. to enhance neighborhood economic diversity by broadening the range of housing choices at varied incomes;
3. to create a lively and attractive built environment that will provide amenities and services for the use and enjoyment of area residents, workers and visitors;
4. to encourage designs of new buildings that support the neighborhood’s character;
5. to establish walkable retail corridors in the neighborhood;
6. to support industrial growth in manufacturing districts that are appropriate near certain residential districts; and

(g)    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.