(A) In order that it may approve a planned unit development, the Planning Commission shall have authority to require that the following conditions (among others it deems appropriate) be met by the applicant:
(1) The proponents of the planned unit development have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that they are financially able to carry out the proposed project;
(2) The proponents intend to start construction within one year of the approval of the project and any necessary zoning district change, and intend to complete said construction, or approved stages thereof, within four years from the date construction begins;
(3) Application for planned unit development in planned districts meets the requirements of such districts, including the requirements of the general development;
(4) The development is planned as one complex land use rather than as an aggregation of individual and unrelated buildings and uses; and
(5) The development as planned will accomplish the purpose outlined in § 153.210 of this chapter.
(B) In carrying out the intent of this chapter, the Planning Commission shall consider the following principles.
(1) (a) It is the intent of this chapter that site and building plans for a planned unit development shall be prepared by a designer or team of designers having professional competence in urban planning as proposed in the application.
(b) The Commission may require the applicant to engage such a qualified designer or design team.
(2) It is not the intent of this section that control of a planned unit development by the Planning Commission be so rigidly exercised that individual initiative be stifled and substantial additional expense incurred; rather, it is the intent of this section that the control exercised be the minimum necessary to achieve the purpose of this chapter.
(3) (a) The Planning Commission may approve or disapprove an application for a planned unit development.
(b) In an approval, the Commission may attach such conditions as it may deem necessary to secure compliance with the purposes set forth in § 153.210 of this chapter.
(c) The denial of an application for a planned unit development by the Planning Commission may be appealed to the County Board of Commissioners.
(Ord. passed 9- -2011)