(A) Definition. A Planned Unit Development is defined as an area of land developed as a "special use" and as a single entity for a number of land uses including, but not limited to; residential, commercial, institutional, research and, industrial.
(B) Intent and purpose. The purpose of the Planned Unit Development regulations are to encourage and promote a more creative, imaginative and an environmentally sensitive design for the development of land by allowing a greater freedom and/or flexibility than is possible under the precise and rigid requirements of conventional zoning ordinances. The Planned Unit Development is therefore accomplished through the use of objective standards which shall establish goals and criteria for judgment rather than the application of a fixed formula. To this intent it shall allow for the diversification in the land uses permitted and variations to the relationships of land uses, structures, open spaces, and heights of structures in particular developments that are understood to be conceived and implemented as a comprehensive and cohesive unified project, while still requiring substantial compliance to the master plan for community development. It is further intended to encourage more imaginative site planning; contributing to a more rational and economic relationship to public services, while permitting optimum development of the land; and, whereas it shall encourage and facilitate the conservation of open lands, natural site features such as: woods, streams, wetlands, floodplains and the like as an integral component of a balanced ecology between nature and the development, which will provide for exceptional urban amenities and higher quality developments.
(C) Permitted location. A Planned Unit Development shall be considered as a special use in any residential, business, office, industrial or manufacturing zoning district.
(D) Permitted uses. In a Planned Unit Development, the following uses may be permitted subject to the criteria as established, provided, that no use shall be permitted except in conformity with a specific and precise development plan pursuant to the procedural and regulatory provisions as hereinafter set forth:
(1) Residential dwelling units in detached, semi-detached, attached, multi-storied structures, or any combination thereof;
(2) Non-residential uses as follows:
(a) Religious, cultural, recreational and educational uses;
(b) Business uses permitted in the "B-3" Highway/Regional Shopping District;
(c) Manufacturing/Industrial use permitted in the "M-R" Manufacturing/Research District;
(d) Business Parks as permitted in the "PB" Planned Business District; and
(e) Utility and municipal uses.
(E) Special uses. The Planned Unit Development is in itself a special use, where the following uses may be allowed by a "special use permit" in accordance with the provisions of § 159.176 of this chapter, and provided the uses are located on a lot of not less than ten acres with a minimum width of 400 feet and a minimum depth of 400 feet. If a special use permit is granted and portions of the property are sold reducing the lot size to less than four acres or reducing the width or depth of the property to less than 400 feet the special use permit will be deemed to have been revoked concurrent to that action.
(1) Special uses as listed in any residential district;
(2) Special uses as listed in the B-3 Highway/Regional Shopping District; and
(3) Special uses as listed in the M-R Manufacturing/Research District.
(F) Temporary uses. Upon application to and issuance by the Zoning Administrator of a permit thereof, the following use may be operated as a temporary use: processing, screening, washing yards and plants of the quasi-temporary nature connected with the construction of roads which are normally removed when a specific purpose is completed, are permitted under this classification after a permit is obtained from the Building Inspector. This permit shall be effective for a period not to exceed six continuous months and shall not be renewed for more than one successive period at the same location.
(G) Accessory uses. Accessory uses may include the following:
(1) Accessory uses, buildings, or other structures and devices customarily incidental to and commonly associated with a permitted or special use may be permitted, provided they are operated and maintained under the same ownership and on the same parcel, do not include structures or structural features inconsistent with the permitted or special use, and as regulated by §§ 159.020 and 159.003 under "Accessory Building or Use".
(2) Accessory uses may include the following:
(Am. Ord. 06-0369, passed 2-1-06; Am. Ord. 07-0508, passed 2-21-07)