This chapter is intended to provide, through the conditional use process, a tool to:
A. Encourage development of a variety of housing types and densities.
B. Create and/or preserve usable open space for recreational and aesthetic enjoyment.
C. Preserve to the maximum extent possible the natural characteristics of the land including topography, native vegetation and scenic views.
D. Avoid construction in physically unsuitable areas.
E. Encourage creativity in design, including flexibility in residential siting to achieve energy conservation by optimum solar orientation.
F. Provide for maximum efficiency in the layout of street, utility networks, and other public, private and semiprivate improvements.
G. Provide a guide for developers and for city officials who review and approve developments subject to this chapter.
H. Provide for a mixing of land uses where enough land area is present to design an integrated neighborhood consisting not only of various types and densities of residences, but to include neighborhood related religious uses, cultural or historical uses, recreational uses, educational uses and neighborhood related commercial uses. (Ord. 2664, 3-29-1993)
A "planned unit development (PUD)" is an area of land, of at least two (2) acres in size, owned by one or more landowners and developed as a single entity under a plan which may provide a variety of land uses, housing types and densities, and which provides design characteristics in addition to those ordinarily allowed by right or condition in the district in which it is located. The density in a PUD may exceed the density allowed by regulations for the district in which it is located by twenty percent (20%). Overall unit density shall be calculated based upon net land area remaining after required park land and right of way have been provided. It is intended that each PUD will be a separate development, having differing design characteristics for the uses and improvements, based on the particular site situation. (Ord. 2664, 3-29-1993)
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