The Northeast Area of Sebastopol SmartCode was designed by Fisher & Hall Urban Design, with Lois Fisher as Director of Design. It is located between an active downtown and the natural resource of the Laguna de Santa Rosa.  The Northeast Area SmartCode will build on the area’s central location and allow the area to change in a way that is consistent with its light industrial past, gateway location and Sebastopol’s unique sense of place.  The community is encouraging a mix of housing types and affordability (such as condominiums, apartments, artist lofts, live-work, mixed-use, senior and single-room occupancies); pedestrian-oriented design and alternatives to the automobile; and  environmental sustainability and green building standards.  The draft plan reflects these interests in its visual and pedestrian connection to the downtown and to the Laguna, in the diversity of density and mixed-use buildings, and in an interconnected street system and small block size that encourages walking.