(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.)