Some specific purposes of the planned development procedure are:
(A) Residential planned development. To offer recreational opportunities close to home, to enhance the appearance of neighborhoods by the conservation of streams and local spots of natural beauty, to add to the sense of spaciousness through the preservation of natural green spaces, to counteract the effects of urban monotony and congestion in the streets, to encourage cooperative relationships between neighbors and participation by all age groups in the use and care of local open space tracts in new residential subdivisions, to promote harmonious architecture between adjacent dwellings or institutional buildings and to encourage the placement of structures in proper relationship to the natural characteristics of the site;
(B) Business planned development. To promote the cooperative development of business centers each with adequate off-street parking, to control access points on thoroughfares, to separate pedestrian and automobile traffic, to aid in stabilizing property values, to develop centers of size and location compatible with the market potential, to buffer adjacent residential areas with landscaped green spaces and to encourage harmonious architecture between adjacent commercial structures and between homes and commercial structures; and
(C) Industrial planned development. To promote the establishment of industrial parks, to permit groups of industrial buildings with integrated design an a coordinated physical plan, to encourage recreational facilities within industrial areas, and to buffer adjacent residential areas with landscaped green spaces.
(Ord. passed - -2000)