A. General Purposes of Planned Development Zoning Districts
The Planned Development (PD) districts are established and intended to encourage innovative land planning and site design concepts that support a high quality of life and achieve a high quality of development, environmental sensitivity, energy efficiency, and other city goals and objectives by:
1. Reducing or diminishing the inflexibility or uniform design that sometimes results from strict application of zoning and development standards designed primarily for individual lots;
2. Allowing greater freedom in selecting the means of providing access, open space, and design amenities;
3. Allowing greater freedom in providing a well-integrated mix of residential and nonresidential land uses in the same development, including a mix of housing types, lot sizes, and densities;
4. Allowing more efficient use of land, with smaller networks of streets and utilities, and thereby lowering development and housing costs; and
5. Promoting quality design and environmentally sensitive development that respects surrounding established land use character and respects and takes advantage of a site's natural and man-made features, such as trees, wetlands, floodplains, and historic features.
B. Classification of Planned Development Zoning Districts
Land shall be classified into a planned development zoning district only in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in Section 155.2405, Planned Development, and this section.
C. Reserved
D. Organization of Planned Development Zoning District Regulations
Section 155.3602, General Standards for All Planned Development Districts, sets out general standards applicable to all types of planned development districts. Sections 155.3603 to 155.3607 set out the purpose statements and standards for each of the five specific types of planned development districts. These subsections have a common structure consisting of a purpose statement and applicable development standards. Some PD districts also include additional district-specific standards. Appendix A: Consolidated Use Table identifies the allowable uses for each of the PD, subject to inclusion in an approved PD Plan for the district.
(Ord. 2012-64, passed 9-11-12)