The Planned Unit Development District (P.U.D.) is established to provide flexibility in the arrangement and design of a site by moving beyond the standard, more rigid, conventional zoning district regulations. A P.U.D. is designed to produce more efficient use of the land and more amenities and benefits for the community and users of the development. This is done by encouraging developers to use a more creative approach in development and to achieve:
(a) A maximum choice of living environments by allowing a variety of housing and building types and permitting an increased density per acre and a reduction in lot dimensions, yards, building setbacks and area requirements.
(b) A more useful pattern of open space and recreational areas and, if permitted as part of the project, more convenience in the location of accessory commercial uses and services.
(c) A development pattern which preserves and utilizes natural topography and geologic features, scenic vistas, trees and other vegetation, and which prevents the disruption of natural drainage patterns.
(d) A more efficient use of land than is generally achieved through conventional development, resulting in substantial savings through shorter utilities and streets.
(e) A development pattern in harmony with the land use density, transportation facilities and community facilities objectives of the Comprehensive Plan.
Development under planned unit development provisions provides a means of encouraging ingenuity, imagination and flexibility on the part of landowners, engineers, architects, site planners and developers in the planning and design of land areas. It is not the intent of the planned unit development provisions to allow applicants to circumvent the intent of this Zoning Code or to allow development of land not in conformance with the Land Use Plan of the Village.
(Ord. 2006-03. Passed 2-21-06.)