(a) The purpose of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District is to:
(1) Permits a creative approach to the development of compatible, high quality residential, commercial, institutional, public and industrial uses.
(2) Provide flexibility in building sites; variety of land use and design; optimum land planning; usable open space and recreational areas; preservation of natural topographic and geological features; provision of underground utilities where feasible; efficient circulation systems; and an environment which is fully compatible with the surrounding areas.
(3) Permit a combination and coordination of architectural styles, building forms and relationships.
(4) Encourage developers to be innovative in design, efficient in land utilization and to take full advantage of existing natural features in order to create a better quality project than is actually possible under conventional zoning provisions.
(b) All PUD project proposals will be considered on the merits of the particular proposal in the context of the City's Comprehensive Plan, the neighborhood in which the PUD is to be located, the adequacy of public facilities and ease of extending service and the compatibility of the project proposal and immediate surroundings.
(Ord. 16-19. Passed 9-16-19.)