(A) The Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall initially approve a PD by approving an Outline Plan upon written findings and recommendations by the Planning Commission which shall be forwarded to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen pursuant to the provisions contained in this section.
(B) General review criteria for planned developments. The following general review criteria shall be utilized in evaluating requests and establishing conditions for a planned development:
(1) Consistency with plan. The proposed planned development must be in agreement with the adopted Land Use Plan and any adopted Area Plan for the town (subject to division (B)(2) of this section);
(2) Exceptions due to substantially changed or changing conditions. If not in conformance with the adopted Land Use Plan and an adopted Area Plan for the Town, the proposed planned development shall be necessary because of substantially changed or changing conditions in the area or surrounding properties;
(3) Physical characteristics of the site; relation to surrounding property. The tract shall be suitable, or it shall be possible to make the tract suitable for development in the manner proposed without hazard to persons or property, on or off the tract, free from the probability of erosion, subsidence, flood hazard, destruction of wetlands or other dangers. Conditions of soil, drainage, and topography shall all be appropriate to both type and pattern of use intended.
(4) Relation to public utilities, facilities and services. A planned development shall be so located in relation to transportation systems, sanitary sewers, emergency services, public safety, water lines, storm and surface drainage systems, and other utilities systems and installations that services can reasonably be expected to be available at the time of development and such services are adequate to serve the proposed development.
(5) Access to major transportation facilities. A planned development, where appropriate because of the size or intensity of the proposed development, shall be so located with respect to expressways, arterial and collector streets or mass transit facilities, and shall be so designed, as to provide access to and from such districts without creating excessive traffic along local streets in residential neighborhoods outside the development.
(6) Compatibility. Any planned development shall be located and designed so as to minimize the negative effects of external impacts resulting from factors such as land use, traffic, noise, or lights. Project control shall be accomplished through buffering, architectural design, architectural compatibility, site design, height limitations, land use restrictions, and density or intensity limitations.
(a) The design of any planned development should reflect an effort by the developer to plan land uses within the planned development so as to blend harmoniously with adjacent land uses.
(b) Architecture and building materials shall be consistent within the design of the development and compatible with surrounding properties and/or adjacent neighborhoods.
(7) Transitions. Any planned development district shall be responsive to the character of surrounding properties and the existing neighborhood area. When located in an area where land use types and/or intensities or densities vary, the planned development shall be designed in such a manner as to provide for gradual changes in intensity and/or density.
(8) Relationship to adjacent property. The planned development shall include additional screening, buffering, transitional uses or other design features as necessary to adequately protect existing or proposed uses of surrounding property; and shall provide functional and logical linkages to activity centers and circulation facilities on such adjacent property.
(9) Natural and historic features, conservation and preservation areas. Planned Development districts shall be designed to preserve the natural features of the land and historic resources, such as existing trees, natural topography, and archaeological and historic sites, as much as possible.
(10) Density/Intensity. Density and/or intensity should follow the recommendations of the Land Use Plan but shall not exceed the maximums established in § 151.156(B)). The planned development densities/intensities shall be established after consideration of the Land Use Plan criteria and limits, neighborhood compatibility, transitions, and site design.
(11) Height. Height in a planned development shall be determined after review of the nature of surrounding land uses to ensure that the proposed development will not create any external impacts that would adversely affect surrounding development, existing or proposed.
(12) Fences and screening. Fences or vegetative screening at the periphery of a planned development shall be provided to protect occupants from undesirable views, lighting, noise or other off-site influence, or to protect occupants of surrounding areas from similar adverse influences. When adjacent development is of either similar use or intensity, such screening is not required.
(13) Environmental Conservation. Planned development districts shall provide environmental enhancements, such as Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council to promote sustainable building design and construction including but not limited to, sustainable neighborhood development, sustainable site development, green roofs, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.
(C) Homeowner associations or some other responsible party shall be required to maintain any and all common and open space and/or common elements, unless accepted to be conveyed to the Town of Collierville.
(`00 Code, § 11-1105) (Ord. 2000-25, passed 6-11-01; Am. Ord; Am. Ord. 2008-17, passed 7-28-08; Am. Ord. 2021-16, passed 1-10-22)