Applicants for developments that do not meet the minimum criteria for a mandatory planned development may nonetheless elect to follow the planned development review and approval procedures if the proposed development is to be located on a site with a minimum site area of 12,500 square feet in any D district, or 21,875 square feet in any other district and meets at least one of the following criteria:
17-8-0600-A is to include at least 50% of the number of dwelling units that triggers a mandatory PD (In an RT4 district, for example, a townhouse development containing at least 20 dwelling units would be eligible to follow the elective planned development review and approval procedures);
17-8-0600-B is to include at least 50% of the gross floor area that triggers a mandatory PD. In a B or C zoning district, for example, a commercial use containing at least 37,500 square feet of gross floor area would be eligible to follow the elective planned development review and approval procedures.
17-8-0600-C is to include a building that is at least 50% of the height of a building that triggers a mandatory PD. In a D dash 5 district, for example, a residential building of at least 65 feet in height or a nonresidential building of at least 75 feet in height would be eligible to follow the elective planned development review and approval procedures.
17-8-0601 In any D district, an application to substantially rehabilitate and preserve an individual building which has been either 1) designated by ordinance as a "Chicago Landmark", and in the case of a landmark district, a building for which the Commission on Chicago Landmarks has made a formal determination that said building is a contributing building to the district, or 2) has been color-coded red or orange in the Chicago Historic Resources Survey, may elect to follow the planned development review and approval procedures regardless of site area or other qualifying criteria.
(Added Coun. J. 5-26-04, p. 25275; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-05, p. 44391; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-06, p. 95360, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-9-09, p. 71111, § 1)