Residential planned unit developments shall be designed according to the following criteria, wherever possible:
(a) Existing natural amenities should be preserved and incorporated into the design where possible, including existing streams, trees and other vegetation.
(b) Visual monotony created by excessive block lengths shall be avoided by designing areas of open space between clusters of dwellings along roads.
(c) The area of land disturbed by development should be minimized by building roads along existing contours, combining utility cuts, minimizing grading and appropriately locating buildings.
(d) Unity in groups of dwellings shall be created through the use of common architectural and design elements, such as color, building mass, roof lines, facade treatments, setbacks, landscaping and related features. However, these same elements shall also be used to prevent complete uniformity in design elements.
(e) Each dwelling unit shall be designed to include a private outdoor space. Private outdoor space shall be located and designed to maximize its utility and privacy to the unit it serves, especially in relation to adjacent units.
(f) Each dwelling unit shall have two individual entries and no dwelling unit shall be placed on top of another.
(g) The minimum floor area for a dwelling unit shall be 2,500 square feet in the Class A District.
(h) The suitable use of common drives is encouraged to minimize the number of curb cuts required on off-site or on-site roads. In a Residential Planned Unit Development District, not more than four single-family attached dwellings shall share a common driveway leading to a public dedicated street or private street.
(i) Dwellings shall be located within 500 feet of a public street or a private street improved to public street standards.
(Ord. 96-61. Passed 4-21-97.)