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(a) The environmental design criteria in a Planned Unit Development shall include the following: the preservation of trees, historic spots, and other community assets and landmarks.
(b) In addition to this, the Administrator may require a grading plan which will confine excavation, earth moving procedures, and other changes to the landscape in order to insure preservation and prevent despoliation of the character of the area retained as common open space. All manufactured slopes, other than those constructed of rock, shall be of a character so as to cause the slope to blend with the surrounding terrain and development. The developer shall provide for maintenance of the planting until growth is fully established.
(Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)
(a) Principal vehicular access points shall be designed to permit smooth traffic flow with controlled turning movements and minimum hazards to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Minor streets within Planned Unit Developments shall not be connected to streets outside the development in such a way as to encourage their use by through traffic.
(b) A part of every residential building shall not be farther than 60 feet from an access roadway or drive providing vehicular access from a public street, and not further than 500 feet, measured along the route of vehicular access, from a public street.
(c) All non-residential land uses with a Planned Unit Development should have direct access to a collector or primary street, especially where large parking areas are included.
(d) The pedestrian circulation system and its related walkways should be insulated completely and as reasonably as possible from the vehicular street system in order to provide separation of pedestrian and vehicular movement.
(Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)
(a) Standards of design and construction for roadways, both public and private, within a Planned Residential Development may be modified as is deemed appropriate by the Planning Commission, especially where it is found that the plan for the Planned Unit Development provides for a separation of vehicular and pedestrian circulation patterns and provides for adequate off-street parking facilities.
(b) If the owners of the Planned Unit Development should convey the private streets to the Village, the owners do fully agree that, before acceptance of such streets by the Village, the owners will bear full expense of reconstruction or any other action necessary to make the streets meet Village road standards, prior to dedication and acceptance.
(c) The owners must also agree that these streets shall be dedicated to public use without compensation to the owners and without the owner's expense in making such streets conform to the requirements applicable at that time for public streets.
(Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)
The following is the parking criteria for Planned Unit Developments:
(a) For each dwelling unit, there shall be 2 off-street parking spaces consisting of not less than 200 square feet each.
(b) Parking space shall be arranged so as to prevent through traffic to other parking areas.
(c) No more than 30 parking spaces shall be provided in any single residential parking area.
(d) All streets and any off-street loading area shall be paved, and the design thereof approved by the Planning Commission. All areas shall be marked so as to orderly and safe loading, parking, and storage.
(e) Parking for non-residential purposes shall be provided appropriate to the type of non-residential use.
(f) All parking areas shall be adequately lighted. The lighting shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from adjoining residences.
(g) All parking areas and off-street loading areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water without erosion, flooding or other inconveniences.
(Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)
To insure that there is an appropriate relationship to the surrounding area, there shall be a minimum 50 foot transitional yard along the perimeter of the Planned Unit Development district. This buffer zone must be kept free of buildings or structures and must be landscaped, screened, or protected by natural features. (Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)
(a) An application for approval of a Planned Unit Development may be filed by a person having an interest in the property to be included in the planned unit. The Planned Unit Development application shall be filed in the name or names of the recorded owner or owners of the property included in the development. However, the application may be filed by holders of an equitable interest in such property. Full ownership interest in the land- -legal title of the execution of a binding sales agreement must be in evidence before final approval of the plan. The Planned Unit Development shall be a single ownership by the time the final development plan is approved.
(b) The applicant shall meet informally with the Administrator in connection with the preparation of the Planned Unit Development application. It shall be the Administrator's responsibility to arrange a meeting with the applicant and the Chairperson of the Planning Commission.
(c) The general outlines of the proposal and sketch plans are to be provided by the applicant at this pre-application conference. Thereafter, the Administrator shall furnish the applicant with written comments regarding the conference, including appropriate recommendations to inform and assist the applicant in preparation of the Planned Unit Development application.
(d) Once the initial application is complete, the applicant shall submit a Preliminary Development Plan with a petition for rezoning to the Administrator, who will immediately forward it to the Chairperson of the Planning Commission.
(e) The following written and graphic documentation must be submitted:
(1) A legal description of the total site proposed for development including the present and proposed ownership of all parts of the development.
(2) A written statement of the nature and character of the proposed development, and the methods to be used in achieving these goals.
(3) A written schedule of the approximate date, or dates, if the development is to be divided into stages, when construction will begin and be completed.
(4) Quantitative data for the following: total number and type of dwelling and non-residential units, the proposed floor area, ground coverage, outdoor livability and open space ratios, the proposed gross residential density of any separate stages, the number of parking spaces for each use proposed, any feasibility studies the applicant wishes to submit in support of the plan.
(5) A graphic plan at scale of 1: 1,200 (l inch = 100 feet) showing the existing site conditions, including contours, at an interval no greater than 5 feet, and unique natural features.
(6) A preliminary plat.
(7) A site plan or plans at a scale of 1: 1,200 showing the location and floor area and use of existing and proposed buildings, structures, and improvements, including maximum heights, the location and size of all areas to be conveyed, dedicated, or reserved as outdoor livability space, recreation areas, school sites, and similar public or semi-public uses, the proposed circulation system, including private and public streets, parking and loading areas, pedestrian ways, and access to existing and planned streets outside the development, the existing and proposed utilities including sanitary and storm systems, and water, gas, electric, telephone, and television cable lines and a preliminary landscape plan.
(8) A plan at an appropriate scale showing land areas adjacent to the proposed development, their uses, zoning and general character, and the effects of the proposed development on such land including the treatment of the perimeter areas of the Planned Unit Development.
(9) Additional material as may be required by the Planning Commission.
(f) Within 60 days following the submission of a preliminary development plan, the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the plan, and vote to approve, approve with modifications or disapprove of the plan. If the Planning Commission action is for approval or approval subject to modification, a resolution shall be produced, showing the vote of each member of the Commission, and forwarded on to Village Council.
(g) Council will then act upon the resolution at the next regularly scheduled meeting and will either accept or reject the proposal.
(h) If the Preliminary Development Plan is approved, with or without modifications, by Council, the official zoning map shall be changed to so signify. Such change does not constitute final approval of the plat or authorize the issuance of building permits.
(Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)
(a) Within 9 months following approval of the Preliminary Development Plan, the applicant shall submit to the Planning Commission a Final Development Plan containing in a final detailed form the information required in the Preliminary Development Plan. At its discretion and for good cause the Planning Commission may extend for 6 months the period of time for filing the Final Development Plan.
(b) If the developer fails to submit a Final Development Plan for any reason, within the time allowed, the tentative rezoning shall be revoked and all the area within the development for which final approval has not been given shall be subject to the original zoning.
(c) If the Final Development Plan is in substantial compliance with the Preliminary Development Plan, it shall be approved by the Planning Commission within 30 days. Notice of such approval shall then be given to the Village Council, which shall review the Final Plan and the plat or plats involved, and issue final approval.
(Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)
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