All preliminary and final applications shall be evaluated with respect to the following standards.
(A) Yard, setback, lot size, type of dwelling unit, height, and frontage requirements and restrictions. May be waived for the PUD, provided, however, that the spirit and intent of this subchapter as defined in the intent statement, are incorporated within the total development plan. The Planning Commission may determine that certain setbacks be established within all or a portion of the perimeter of the site, and shall determine the suitability of the total development plan in accordance with the intent of this subchapter.
(B) Access. Every structure or dwelling unit shall have access to a public street, or to a private roadway built to city specifications and dedicated to common use. A maintenance agreement shall be required for private roadways. Every structure or dwelling unit shall have access to a public street, or to a private roadway built to city specifications and dedicated to common use. A maintenance agreement shall be required for private roadways. Non-motorized facilities shall be properly integrated with the existing and proposed circulation system as established on the official map and/or master plan.
(C) Sidewalks. For areas of residential development and significant pedestrian use, all streets and roadways within the PUD shall have a sidewalk at least five feet in width on at least one side of the street or roadway, unless otherwise excluded by the Planning Commission.
(D) Off-street parking. Parking convenient to all dwelling units and other uses shall be provided. Common driveways, parking areas, walks, or steps may be required together with appropriate lighting deemed by the Planning Commission, in order to ensure the safety of the occupants and the general public. Screening of parking and service areas may be required through use of trees, shrubs, hedges, or screening walls. Safe and convenient facilities for parking non-motorized vehicles shall be included in the development of the site, unless otherwise excluded by the Planning Commission.
(E) Land usage. Structures and uses shown on the development plan shall be arranged so as not to be detrimental to existing or proposed structures within the development or surrounding neighborhood.
(F) Privacy. Each development shall provide visual and acoustical privacy or provide for spatial separation for dwelling units. Fences, walks, barriers, and landscaping or open space shall be used for the protection and aesthetic enhancement of property and the privacy of its occupants, screening of objectionable views, or uses and reduction of noise. The Planning Commission has the right to deem what is reasonable in these situations.
(G) Off-street parking. Parking convenient to all dwelling units and other uses shall be provided. Common driveways, parking areas, walks, or steps may be required together with appropriate lighting deemed by the Planning Commission, in order to ensure the safety of the occupants and the general public. Screening of parking and service areas may be required through use of trees, shrubs, hedges, or screening walls.
(H) Utilities. PUDs shall provide for the cost effective and necessary installation of utilities (including, water, wastewater, cable television, electricity, natural gas, and telephone). In certain circumstances due to safety and/or aesthetics, the Planning Commission may require the installation of utilities underground. In no instance shall the PUD place demands in excess of the capabilities of the affected public facilities and services.
(I) Planting. The appeal and character of the site shall be preserved and enhanced by retaining and protecting existing trees and other site features; additional new landscaping shall be added where deemed appropriate and necessary for privacy, shade, beauty of buildings and grounds, and to screen out objectionable features. Plant materials used shall be appropriate for the function they are to serve (i.e., parking lot trees or landscaping located along the roadway need to be large and hearty enough to survive the harsh environment and plantings for screening shall provide adequate buffer). Salt-tolerant species shall be planted near roadways and parking lots. Landscaping shall not block the views at intersections.
(J) Lighting. Exterior lighting shall be arranged so that it is deflected away from adjacent properties and so than it does not impede the vision of traffic along adjacent streets. Flashing or intermittent lights shall not be permitted.
(K) Drainage. Appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure that removal of surface waters will not adversely affect neighboring properties or nearby bodies of water. Provisions shall be made to accommodate storm water, prevent erosion, and the formation of dust. The use of detention/retention ponds may be required. Surface water on all paved areas shall be collected at intervals so that it will not obstruct the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic or create standing water.
(L) Screening. All loading and unloading areas and outside storage areas, including refuse storage stations, shall be screened from view.
(M) The PUD. The PUD shall be consistent with the standards outlined in § 156.065 and other relevant provisions of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 1281.10) (Ord. passed 7-9-2020)