(A) Objectives. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen may, upon proper application, adopt a resolution permitting a planned development overlay (sometimes “PD”) to facilitate the use of flexible techniques of land development and site design by providing relief from requirements designed for conventional developments. In return for greater flexibility in site design requirements, planned developments are expected to deliver exceptional quality community designs that:
(1) Preserve environmental resources;
(2) Provide exceptional open space amenities;
(3) Incorporate creative design in the layout of buildings, open space and circulation;
(4) Assure compatibility with surrounding land uses and neighborhood character;
(5) Provide greater efficiency in the layout and provision of roads, utilities, and other infrastructure; and
(6) Facilitate a development pattern more in harmony with the policies and objectives of the Town Land Use Plan.
(B) (1) Minimum size requirements. The minimum required site acreage for a commercial, industrial or mixed-use planned development shall be three acres, unless the Board of Mayor and Aldermen find that one or more of the following conditions exist;
(a) That an unusual physical or topographic feature of importance to the area as a whole exists on the site or in the surrounding area that will contribute to and be protected by the planned development;
(b) That the property or the surrounding area has a historic character of importance to the community that will be protected by the planned development;
(c) That the proposed planned development is adjacent to a previously approved planned development and will contribute to the amenities and values of the neighboring planned development;
(d) That the planned development is located in an area being redeveloped and will implement the policies of an adopted plan, including, but not limited to the Land Use Plan, a specific area plan, or redevelopment plan; or
(e) That due to additional screening, buffering, transitional uses or other design features, the proposed planned development would provide better protection to existing or proposed uses of surrounding property that would otherwise be provided by a conventional development.
(2) There shall be no minimum site acreage requirement for residential planned developments.
(`00 Code, § 11-1102) (Ord. 2000-25, passed 6-11-01; Am. Ord. 2008-06, passed 2-25-08; Am. Ord. 2008-17, passed 7-28-08; Am. Ord. 2021-16, passed 1-10-22)