(a) Pre-application Conference. Prior to the submission of an application for planned unit development (PUD) approval, the applicant shall meet with the Zoning Administrator, together with any City staff and consultants the Administrator deems appropriate. The applicant shall present at such conference or conferences, at least a sketch plan of the proposed PUD as well as the following information: total number of acres in the project; a statement of the number of residential units, if any; the number and type of nonresidential units and the number of acres to be occupied by each type of use; the known deviations from the Ordinance regulations which are to be sought; the number of acres to be preserved as open or recreational space; and all known natural resources and natural features to be preserved.
(b) Preliminary Plan. Following the pre-application conference, the applicant shall submit to the Building Department a preliminary site plan of the proposed PUD in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.04 and conforming with this section. The Planning Commission shall review the preliminary site plan and shall provide the applicant with written comments, which shall be part of the official minutes of the Planning Commission. Review and comment upon a preliminary plan by the Planning Commission shall not bind the City to approval of a final PUD plan.
The preliminary site plan for a PUD shall contain at a minimum the following information:
(1) Evidence of ownership; location and description of site; dimensions and areas;
(2) General topography and soil information;
(3) Scale, north arrow, date of plan;
(4) Existing zoning of site; existing land use and zoning of adjacent parcels; location of existing buildings, drives and streets on the site and within 100 feet of the site;
(5) Location, type and land area of each proposed land use; dwelling unit density (dwelling units per acre);
(6) Location, size and uses of open space;
(7) General description of the organization to be utilized to own and maintain common areas and facilities;
(8) General landscape concept showing tree masses to be preserved or added, buffer areas and similar features;
(9) General description of proposed water, sanitary and storm drainage systems;
(10) Existing natural and man-made features to be preserved or removed; location of existing structures, streets and drives; location, width and purpose of existing easements;
(11) General location, function, surface width and rights of way of proposed public and private streets;
(12) General location of proposed parking areas and approximate number of spaces to be provided in each area; and
(13) Location and area of each development phase.
(c) Final Plan. Within six (6) months following receipt of the Planning Commission comments on the preliminary PUD plan, the applicant shall submit a final PUD plan to the Building Department in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.04 and conforming with this section. If a final PUD plan is not submitted by the applicant for approval within six (6) months following receipt of Planning Commission comments, the preliminary PUD plan approval becomes null and void.
The final PUD plan shall constitute an application to amend this Zoning Ordinance, and shall be noticed for public hearing before the Planning Commission, and otherwise acted upon by the Planning Commission and the City Council, as provided by law (see Article 13) The Planning Commission shall, to the extent it deems appropriate, submit detailed recommendations relative to the PUD project, including, without limitation, recommendations with respect to matters on which the City Council must exercise discretion. Final PUD plans shall include the following:
(1) A site plan meeting all requirements of Section 3.04;
(2) A separate narrative that provides specific details regarding all deviations from this Zoning Ordinance that would otherwise be applicable in the absence of this PUD article;
(3) A specific schedule of the intended development and construction details, including phasing or timing;
(4) A specific schedule of the general improvements to constitute a part of the development, including, without limitation, lighting, signage, the mechanisms designed to reduce noise, utilities and visual screening features;
(5) A specification of the exterior building materials and architecture with respect to the structures proposed in the project; and
(6) Signatures of all parties having an interest in the property.