This chapter provides enabling authority and standards for the submission, review, and approval of applications for Attached Urban Housing Planned Unit Developments (AUH- PUD). It is the intent of this chapter to authorize the consideration and use of AUH-PUD regulations for the following purposes:
(a) To provide a residential option other than single family detached dwellings, and other than dwellings in a high-density multiple family structure;
(b) To provide residential opportunities near services and amenities, that may be accessed via pedestrian means of travel, and to increase the vibrancy of not only the neighborhood, but also the community as a whole;
(c) To provide opportunities for infill development in locations not otherwise suitable for other types of development, or where vacant or underutilized parcels exist;
(d) To provide modifications of applicable regulations in areas where existing zoning regulations may prohibit the development of parcels for attached dwelling units;
(e) To provide a type of land use where a transition between other types of land uses, such as commercial and single family residential, is appropriate;
(f) To ensure compatibility of design and character with neighboring properties.
(Ord. 553. Passed 7-6-21.)
A rezoning to AUH-PUD may be approved for any size parcel in all zoning districts with the exception that a rezoning to AUH-PUD shall not be permitted in the following zoning districts:
(a) R-2 One Family Residential District, with the exception that parcels which abut East or West Lincoln Avenue (M-21) may be approved for a rezoning to AUH-PUD according to the recommendations of the City of Ionia Master Plan;
(b) RM Multiple Family Residential District;
(c) RT Two Family Residential District with the exception that on parcels which abut East or West Lincoln Avenue (M-21) or which abut North State Street (M-66) may be approved for a rezoning to AUH-PUD according to the recommendations of the City of Ionia Master Plan;
(d) RHD East Main Preservation District;
(e) F-Fairgrounds District;
(f) I-1 Light Industrial District;
(g) A rezoning to AUH-PUD shall not be permitted on any parcel currently zoned B-2 Community Business District, B-3 General Business District, or PUD-2 Resurrection Life Planned Unit Development District which abuts Main Street, North Steele Street, South Steele Street, North Depot Street, South Depot Street, North Kidd Street, South Kidd Street, or any public or private alley with access to Main Street, according to the goals and objectives recommended by City of Ionia Downtown Development Authority Development Plan.
(Ord. 553. Passed 7-6-21.)
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