To encourage the preservation of natural resources or the provision of affordable housing and to facilitate orderly development and growth, a local jurisdiction that exercises authority granted by this division may enact, and is encouraged to enact, local laws providing for or requiring: the planning, staging, or provision of adequate public facilities and affordable housing; off–site improvements or the dedication of land for public facilities essential for a development; moderately priced dwelling unit programs; mixed use developments; cluster developments; planned unit developments; alternative subdivision requirements that: meet minimum performance standards set by the local jurisdiction; and reduce infrastructure costs; floating zones; incentive zoning; and performance zoning.