The criteria necessary for approval of the preliminary development plan as well as the rezoning shall be as follows:
(A) The proposed development is in conformance with the comprehensive guide plan of the city and encompasses an area of not less than five acres. An area of less than five acres may be approved only if the applicant can demonstrate that (1) the proposed project better meets the City’s comprehensive plan goals and policies than standard zoning regulations; and (2) a planned development on the subject site is in the public interest.
(B) The proposed development plan is designed in a manner so as to form a desirable and unified environment within its own boundaries.
(C) The planned development will not create an excessive burden on parks, schools, streets and other public facilities and utilities which serve or are proposed to serve the planned development.
(D) A single-family residential lot shall not be rezoned to a planned development district if: (1) the subdivision regulations in this Code prohibit a subdivision of the lot due to required lot size for the existing zoning designation; or (2) a planned development designation solely provides a means to avoid the zoning regulations for the property as zoned.
(‘81 Code, § A1-46) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 997, passed 9-24-15)