(a) Area Requirements. A planned development district shall contain at least 100 acres of land. All land within the district shall be contiguous and shall not be divided into parts by any State or Federal limited access highway, or by any large area of land not included within the district, or by any railroad rights of way. The existence of public or private streets or highways other than limited access highways, electrical transmission lines, transmission pipes or other rights of way in fee or by easement within any area shall not be considered as any large area of land in determining if an area is contiguous.
(b) Density Requirements. In a planned development district, the overall density of the dwelling units within the district shall not exceed three dwelling units per acre after first subtracting fifteen percent (15%) acreage to be devoted for open space. Ledges, wetlands and other geographical phenomena may be included within the fifteen percent (15%) open space, however, if such geological phenomena exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the area of the district, then such additional area shall also be excluded when determining density for the district: The residential use areas shall consist of at least thirty-three and one-third percent (33-1/3%) single-family dwelling units.
(1) In computing the overall density, residential and recreational use areas of the district shall be used for the calculation, excluding all areas intended for open space, school sites, street areas, parking lots, wetlands or land set aside for nature preserves and other similar non-open space areas.
(2) As used in the above paragraph, land area means the acreage of the building site.
(c) Open Space Requirements. In a planned development district, at least fifteen percent (15%) of the land constituting the district shall be reserved as open space on which no buildings or structures other than buildings or structures for recreational uses shall be may be constructed. Parking lots are not to be considered as open space. Such open space including any recreational facilities proposed to be constructed in such space shall be clearly shown on the general plan, and the general plan shall include descriptive data as to methods to be employed to preserve and maintain such space.
(Ord. 20-2004. Passed 10-26-04.)