(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERMANENT COMMON OPEN SPACE. Any land held and developed as permanent open space or any land dedicated to the public as parks, playgrounds, parkway medians, landscaped green space, schools, community centers, or other similar areas held in public ownership or covered by an open space easement.
(B) Designation. No plan for a planned unit development shall be approved unless the plan provides for permanent open space equivalent to 20% of the total area in single-family residential planned unit developments, 30% in multiple-family planned unit developments, and 5% in business and industrial planned unit developments.
(Ord. passed 7-9-1985; Ord. passed 5-10-1990; Ord. passed 3-9-1999; Ord. passed 8-10-1999; Ord. passed 3-14-2000; Ord. passed 5-9-2000; Ord. passed 9-9-2003; Ord. passed 9-13-2005; Ord. passed 9-12-2006; Ord. passed 6-29-2021)