The purposes of these Planned Residential Development (PRD) provisions are to:
(A) Encourage innovations in residential development and renewal so that demand for housing may be met by greater variety and maximum choice in the type, design and layout of dwellings and by the conservation and more efficient use of open space ancillary to the dwellings.
(B) To provide, through such innovations, greater opportunities for better housing and recreation for present and potential residents of the county.
(C) Encourage a more efficient use of land and services and to reflect changes in the technology of land development so that the economies secured may enure to the benefit of those who need homes.
(D) Permit greater flexibility in the design of developments to conserve natural resources such as streams, lakes, floodplains, wetlands, wooded areas, steeply sloped areas, areas of unusual beauty and significant natural habitats.
(E) Make sure that the provisions of this chapter which are concerned with the uniform treatment of dwelling type, bulk, density and open space within each land classification may be applied flexibly, in a manner which would not distort the objectives of this chapter, when dealing with the improvement of land by other than lot-by-lot development.
(F) Establish a procedure which can relate the type, design and layout of residential development to the particular site and the demand for housing at the time of development, in a manner consistent with the preservation of the property values within existing residential areas, and to assure that the increased flexibility of regulations over land development established hereby is carried out following sound, expeditious and fair standards and procedures.
(Ord. —, passed 3-29-2005)