(a) Purpose. Planned developments incorporate land uses and development patterns that are intended to permit and encourage creative and flexible land development that is not permitted by-right under the administrative regulations of underlying zoning districts. The planned development is particularly well suited to address two distinct goals of the Comprehensive Plan: to provide for environmentally sensitive and cohesive developments that are an attractive alternative to traditional subdivision and infill development that fully utilizes available land and existing utility resources where they already exist.
(1) Planned developments share these common goals:
A. Protect the neighbors of a planned development and the City in general to at least the same degree normally inherent in the Zoning Code.
B. Produce a development equal to or better than that resulting from single-use or traditional subdivision
C. Facilitate the construction of a variety of dwelling types to serve Comprehensive Plan goals of diverse and affordable housing.
D. Have a site and situation that permits comprehensive planning both on the site and relative to its immediate surroundings
E. Result in a design in which the placement, height, and uses of buildings, vehicle management areas, and open spaces efficiently utilize potentials of the site
F. Include covenants, easements, and other private measures that will help ensure the long-term administrative viability of a development
G. Be functional within a time period that helps ensure a viable development
H. Minimize removal or destruction of existing natural features such as mature trees
(2) Infill development also satisfies the following goals:
A. Fully utilize sites that could not be fully utilized because of their shape or because of their location relative to available public access.
B. Increase geographic efficiencies of existing utilities such as public streets, water, sewer, electric, telephone, and cable by using them where they are already available.
C. Help keep development from sprawling to and beyond the municipal boundaries of Oxford.
(3) Open Space development also satisfies the following goals:
A. Retain natural areas and landscapes.
B. Protect environmentally sensitive land and water features.
C. Retain or create active and passive open spaces that serve the recreation needs of the development or the City generally.
D. Lessen the land area devoted to vehicle management.
E. Preserve natural scenic views that contribute to the Oxford setting.
(Ord. 3562. Passed 5-5-20.)