A PUD - Planned Unit Development District may be applied to any property in the City of Rossford upon the approval of the Preliminary and Final Development Plans by the Planning Commission and City Council pursuant to Chapter 1113 (PUD District Review Procedures). Subsequent to such approval, the Official Zoning Map shall be amended to designate the property “PUD”. Following approval of a Final Development Plan and Development Standards Text, all future development in the approved PUD shall be in conformance with the plan and the construction of site improvements must be commenced within two (2) years of Council approval. The following standards represent broad parameters under which all PUD developments must be designed:
(a) Minimum PUD Size. The tract of land proposed to be developed as a PUD must be owned, leased, or controlled by one person or single entity and must be at least five (5) contiguous acres in size.
(b) Development Layout and Design. The design and layout of all PUD’s shall display excellence in design by properly considering: significant natural and historic features, topography, natural drainage patterns, roadway access, and circulation, pedestrian circulation, surrounding land uses, and the enhancement of the general welfare of the public, in an aesthetically desirable land development. Attractive landscaped buffers shall be provided between incompatible land use and activities.
(c) Central Water and Sewer Facilities. All structures in developments approved as a PUD must be served by central water and sewer facilities.
(d) General Development Standards for Perimeter Lots. All lots located along the perimeter of a PUD shall create a desirable transition to adjoining property in terms of both land use and building setbacks.
(e) Required Open Space. The PUD plan shall provide for open space that can be utilized for passive and active recreational acres. Where a development is proposed to be primarily residential uses with less than ten (10) percent of the project area set aside for business uses, a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the project shall be reserved as open space.
(1) All active and passive recreational areas including, but not limited to, community buildings (up to 10,000 sq. ft.), swimming pools, ball fields, tennis courts, bike trails, walking trails, landscape buffers, natural open space and water features shall be considered open space.
(2) Areas that shall not be counted as required open space include:
A. Private roads and public road rights of way;
B. Parking areas, accessways, and driveways;
C. An area of fifteen (15) feet between structures or parking areas and restricted open space;
D. Private yards;
E. Small fragmented or isolated open space areas that contain less than 1,000 square feet shall not be approved.
(3) The required open space shall maximize views and access from all residential dwellings in a PUD.
(4) Ownership and provisions shall be established for maintenance and care. The legal articles relating to any organization of property owners in the development charged with such open space maintenance is subject to review and approval by the City Council. City Council may require, as a condition of final approval, any evidence deemed necessary to document that the required common space will remain in its stated condition forever and not be subject to further subdivision (including such legal documents as deed restrictions, conservation easements, etc.)
(f) Clustering Residential Development. Clustering residential density is encouraged to provide required common open space. To achieve a clustering of residential density and to provide for the required common open space, the lot area requirements for residential land uses may be reduced from the densities required under the most applicable conventional zoning district(s) to that approved in the PUD plan. The lot width and yard requirements may also be reduced as approved in the PUD plan to accommodate a variety of structural patterns, clustering designs and housing types. (Ord. 2008-34. Passed 9-22-08.)