The purpose of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) District is to provide a degree of flexibility in regard to the use, area, height, bulk, and placement regulations for large-scale developments which qualify as planned unit developments. These may include, but are not limited to residential developments, shopping centers, industrial, office, and business park developments, and medical or educational campuses. Certain large developments may be of such size and configuration as to justify a controlled degree of flexibility, and to permit a mix of land uses that may not normally be permitted in the zoning district, but would, under specific circumstances, increase convenience, be compatible with the overall character of the district, and not be injurious to adjoining properties. The further purpose of this Chapter is to:
(a) Provide a consistent and uniform method for review of planned development applications that encourages thoughtful and creative planning and design, and high quality development practices.
(b) Allow reasonable regulatory flexibility that result in a substantially higher quality of development, in accordance with the principles, goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and any sub-area plans.
(c) Preserve natural resources and site features, and encourage economy and efficiency in the use of land, natural resources, energy, and in the provision of public services and utilities.
(d) Create usable open space particularly suited to the proposed uses within a planned development and the natural character of the land where it is located.
(e) Develop sites in such a way that proposed uses, buildings and site improvements are compatible with each other and with adjoining uses, and to prevent adverse impacts on neighboring properties and districts.
(f) Re-use or re-develop existing sites where an orderly change of use is determined to be desirable, especially where re-use of the site is restricted because of existing nonconformities or the strict application of conventional zoning standards.