The minimum gross site area for a planned unit development shall be as follows:
A. A planned unit development project shall contain not less than fifty (50) acres of gross land area, exclusive of:
1. Any portion of the right of way of any existing public or private street or any such proposed right of way shown on the Major Thoroughfare Plan of the City, as adopted and amended;
2. Any portion of any railroad rights-of-way; and
3. Land utilized by public utilities as easements for major facilities, such as electric transmission lines, sewer lines, water mains or other similar lands which are not available to the owner because of such easements.
B. All land within the development shall be contiguous in that the site shall not be divided into segments by:
1. Any limited access highway;
2. Any railroad right-of-way; or
3. Any tract of land, other than local streets or rights-of-way for pipelines or electric transmission lines, not owned by the developer or the planned unit development. The site must be capable of being planned and developed as one integral unit.
C. The site shall be in common ownership or control by the developer at the time the proposed development is approved. Any transfer of land resulting in ownership by two or more parties shall not alter the applicability of the regulations contained herein.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)