A minimum of thirty percent of the gross acreage of a planned unit development project shall be reserved for common open space and recreational facilities for the residents or users of the area being developed. The open space shall be disposed of as required in subsection (a) hereof. Every lot in a planned unit development shall be designed to abut upon common open space.
(a) Disposition of Open Space. The required amount of common open space land reserved under a planned unit development shall either be held in corporate ownership by owners of the project area for the use of each owner who buys property within the development, or be dedicated to the City and retained as common open space for parks, recreation and related uses. All land dedicated to the City must meet the Planning Commission's requirements as to size, shape and location.
(b) Public utility and similar easements and rights of way for watercourses and other similar channels are not acceptable for common open space dedication to the City unless such land or right of way is usable as a trail or other similar purpose and approved by the Commission. The responsibility for the maintenance of all open spaces shall be specified by the developer before approval of the final development plan.
(c) Landscaping. Landscaping shall be sufficient to provide a park-like environment and to reduce the harshness of bare structures and streets. Species shall be of a kind and size to assure both an immediate atmosphere and permanent survival.
(Ord. 147-2018. Passed 7-2-18.)