This special district is intended to provide for planned, unified developments incorporating a single type or a variety of residential and related uses. Such developments may consist of individual lots or common building sites, but it is not the purpose of this district to allow different, incompatible uses or a greater dwelling unit density than would otherwise be allowed in the applicable district. It is intended that greater flexibility be allowed and encouraged in the design of buildings, yards, courts, and traffic ways than would otherwise be possible through strict application of other district regulations. In addition, use of this district should encourage a maximum choice of available residential units, a pattern of development suited to existing natural features and open spaces, a creative and more efficient approach to the use of land resulting from smaller street and utility networks, and a natural environment with a distinct character harmoniously related to surrounding development patterns.
(Code 1991, § 12-280)