(A) The purpose and intent of planned unit developments are to provide for certain exceptions to the use and bulk regulations of this code, where those exceptions will be utilized to provide greater flexibility and originality in the design of projects than might otherwise be possible under conventional zoning.
(B) A planned unit development is intended to permit and encourage flexibility and to accomplish the following goals:
(1) To stimulate unique and creative approaches to the development of land;
(2) To provide for the more efficient use of land;
(3) To promote flexibility in design and permit planned diversification in the location of structures;
(4) To promote an efficient use of land to facilitate sustainability in the arrangement of buildings, circulation systems, utilities, open space and natural resources;
(5) To preserve existing natural resources and landscape features and to utilize them in a manner harmonious with the development;
(6) To provide for more usable and suitably located recreation facilities and other public facilities than would otherwise be provided under conventional development;
(7) To provide for the aesthetic and functional harmony of various types of buildings, land uses and landscape elements;
(8) To develop new approaches to the living environment through variety in type, design and layout of residential structures, commercial and industrial buildings, transportation systems and public facilities;
(9) To allow for the development of properties with unique constraints such as environmentally-sensitive areas or infill parcels which require a more flexible approach to land use control to make possible development that is sensitive to the constraints; and
(10) A land use which promotes the public health, safety, comfort, morals and welfare.
(C) The planned unit development is intended to provide for developments incorporating a single type or a variety of related uses which are planned and developed as a unit. The planned unit development may provide amenities not otherwise required by law and should establish facilities and open space greater than the minimums required by law.
(D) The development may consist of conventional subdivided lots or provide for development by a planned unit development plat which establishes the location and extent of the features of the planned unit development in keeping with the purpose of the plan.
(Ord. 656, passed 7-2-2001)