(A) The purpose of the planned unit development (PUD) is to encourage flexibility in the development of land in order to promote its most appropriate use, to improve the design, character, and quality of new developments, to encourage a harmonious and appropriate mixture of uses, to facilitate the adequate and economic provision of streets, utilities, and town services, to preserve the natural environmental and scenic features of the site, to encourage and provide a mechanism for arranging improvements on sites so as to preserve desirable features, and to mitigate the problems which may be presented by specific site conditions.
(B) Planned unit developments will offer the following advantages:
(1) Reflect the policies of the Comprehensive Plan specific to the neighborhood in which the PUD is to be located;
(2) Provide substantial buffers and transitions between areas of different land use and development densities;
(3) Enhance the appearance of neighborhoods by conserving areas of natural beauty and natural green spaces;
(4) Counteract urban monotony and congestion on streets;
(5) Promote architecture that is compatible with the surroundings;
(6) Buffer differing types of land use and intensities of development from each other so as to minimize any adverse impact which new development may have on existing or zoned development;
(7) Promote and protect the environmental integrity of the site and its surroundings and provide suitable design responses to the specific environmental constraints of the site and surrounding area; and
(8) Effectuate implementation of the Comprehensive Plan.
(Ord. 2014-26, passed 9- -2014)