(A) In approving a planned development permit in a PD overlay zone in accordance with the overall purposes and standards of this chapter, the Planning Commission and City Council may impose special requirements and permit variations from the standards of the underlying zone as follows:
(1) Lot size and dimensions. The Commission or Council may allow for reduced lot sizes or lot dimensions, provided overall project density or intensity conforms to limits established in the Santa Paula General Plan.
(2) Traffic circulation and parking. The Commission or Council may require the provision of a reasonable number of off-street parking and loading spaces when not otherwise required for the zone when traffic conditions such as reduced or limited street capacity or a clustering of high-traffic generators are found to warrant same. The Commission or Council may require that parking areas, access, and traffic circulation patterns be designed to segregate pedestrians from vehicles, prevent traffic congestion within the parcel or on adjacent streets, and protect the privacy of abutting uses and residential streets.
(3) Building height. The Commission or Council may require, where the privacy of abutting parcels are threatened, a reduction in the building height limit normally permitted in a zone. In other situations where abutting property is not threatened and where additional building height will not present incompatibilities or general public health and safety concerns, heights in excess of the basic height limit of the zone may be permitted.
(4) Yard area.
(a) The Commission or Council may permit modifications to the amount and disposition of yard space, provided that the aggregate yard area provided must be at least equal to the aggregate area required by the zones, and further provided that the yard areas at the boundary of the zone do not conflict with the required yards of any abutting zone.
(b) Interior yard space and other yard areas may be required to be increased where density, height, or similar matters have been increased.
(5) Landscaping. The Commission or Council may require additional landscaping to enhance the appearance of the use and the neighborhood.
(6) Appearance. The Commission or Council may require a design with orientation to provide for special treatment of buildings and structures and layout of open spaces to avoid potentially unsightly or undesirable aesthetic conditions.
(7) Other. The Commission or Council may impose other controls or allow other deviations from standard requirements to achieve project objectives, such as but not limited to permitted projections into required yards, fence heights, and permitted landscaping materials.
(B) The Commission and Council, in allowing for such modifications, must be guided by the overriding concern of community welfare expressed by the goals, policies, and objectives of the General Plan and other adopted policies.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04)