The purposes of the Age Restricted Housing Community Overlay District are:
(a) To provide a variety of housing choices for citizens who are 55 years of age and older;
(b) To encourage resident and other seniors who wish to reside in the community and to encourage those seniors who reside outside the Municipality to locate to the community;
(c) To recognize the importance of diversity and variety in the design of Age Restricted housing communities;
(d) To provide types of housing which reduces residents’ burdens of building and yard maintenance and which reduces demands on municipal services;
(e) To promote flexibility in land use planning in order to strengthen neighborhoods, improve site layouts, and protect natural features and environmental values;
(f) To provide for a greater variety of uses and building types at a higher density than would normally be allowed, and allowing greater flexibility in site planning so as to promote affordable housing and the preservation of open space and historic resources within the development; and
(g) To provide for the review of all such proposals prior to construction, to ensure compliance with the above intent and objectives and to assure that the proposal will not result in or contribute to incompatible use of the land, pollution of the soil or groundwater, traffic congestion or inappropriate site development.
(Ord. 08-42. Passed 8-18-08.)