1266.01 Intent.
1266.02 PUD authorization.
1266.03 Qualifying conditions.
1266.04 Development requirements.
1266.05 Application and processing procedures.
1266.06 Amendments to approved PUD.
1266.07 Performance guarantees.
1266.08 Time limitations on development.
CROSS REFERENCES
Zoning and planning in home rule cities - see M.C.L.A. § 117.4i
Regulation of location of trades, buildings and uses by local authorities - see M.C.L.A. § 125.581
Regulation of buildings; authority to zone - see M.C.L.A. § 125.582
Uses of land or structures not conforming to ordinances; powers of legislative bodies; acquisition of property - see M.C.L.A. § 125.583a
Special land uses - see P. & Z. Ch. 1274
Nonconforming uses - see P. & Z. Ch. 1278
Off-street parking and loading - see P. & Z. Ch. 1282
Signs and advertising devices - see P. & Z. Ch. 1284
Provisions applicable to all districts - see P. & Z. 1286
(a) This chapter provides enabling authority and standards for the submission, review, and approval of applications for planned unit developments. It is the intent of this chapter to authorize the consideration and use of planned unit development regulations for the following purposes:
(1) To encourage the use of land in accordance with its character and adaptability.
(2) To promote the conservation of natural features and resources.
(3) To encourage innovation in land use planning and development.
(4) To promote the enhancement of housing, employment, shopping, traffic circulation and recreational opportunities for the people of the City of Ionia.
(5) To promote and ensure greater compatibility of design and use between neighboring properties.
(6) To provide for the regulation of legal land uses not otherwise authorized within this Zoning Code.
(7) To encourage the availability of open space, as a part of the development of residential lands, and to promote the development of passive and recreational land uses.
(b) The provisions of this chapter are not intended as a device for ignoring other provisions of this Zoning Code or the planning upon which it has been based. To that end, provisions of this chapter are intended to result in land use development substantially consistent with the underlying zoning, with modifications and departures from generally applicable requirements made in accordance with standards provided in this chapter to ensure appropriate, fair, and consistent decision making.
(Ord. 390. Passed 3-6-01.)
A planned unit development may be approved for any size parcel in any location within the City of Ionia by the City Council. Any land use authorized in this Zoning Code may be included in a planned unit development, as a principal or accessory use, as well as any other legal land use not otherwise authorized in this Zoning Code, subject to adequate public health, safety and welfare mechanisms being designed into the development, and the following provisions.
(Ord. 390. Passed 3-6-01; Ord. 482. Passed 1-4-11.)
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