(A) The purpose of the Planned Community (P-C) Zone Overlay is to provide a regulatory tool which allows large properties in Morgan County to be developed in accordance with a specific plan designed to promote the following:
(1) High quality, innovative and creative development that includes a mixture of uses in accordance with the land use styles listed below, heights and setbacks, varying densities and lot sizes and sufficient diversity of housing types to meet the full life cycle of housing needs of Morgan County residents;
(2) Preservation of open space;
(3) Retail, employment and recreational uses that meet or exceed the needs of the residents of the P-C Zone Overlay;
(4) A bicycle and pedestrian friendly environment; and
(5) A desirable living and working environment with unique identity and character.
(B) This chapter establishes an approval and entitlement process to promote inventive and efficient land use patterns that would otherwise be difficult under typical zoning ordinances. Developments requesting the P-C zone overlay may include various mixes of non-residential and residential uses based on land use styles. Site design, including structures within the development shall be evaluated and reviewed through the site plan process contained in this code.
(C) The goal of this zoning district is to provide applicants an opportunity to create a tailor-made zoning district that will provide for a better development than what could be created and required by the county by using the existing specific zoning districts. Further, the rezoning process to the P-C district overlay is a legislative decision made by the County Commission. The applicant will need to demonstrate how the proposal to the P-C zoning district will create a development that exceeds the standards of the zoning ordinance to which a normal development would be held. Some examples of allowed entitlements and benefits would be additional density, variable land use standards, and increase to required amenities not normally required by the other zoning districts, protection of open space areas, and recreational infrastructure.
(D) Permitted densities and intensity of land use in villages and town centers may be higher than those permitted in neighborhoods, a general outline of such are included below.
(Ord. 23-19, passed 12-19-2023)