A cluster development shall be approved by the Planning Commission and Council as a conditional use. In addition to the general review criteria for conditional uses set forth in Section 1161.02, the Planning Commission and Council shall review a proposed cluster development giving particular consideration to the following:
(a) Cluster developments shall be located along and have frontage on one of more of the following streets:
(1) Darrow Road;
(2) Stow Road;
(3) Graham Road;
(4) Fishcreek Road;
(5) Kent Road;
(6) Norton Road;
(7) Call Road;
(8) Young Road.
(b) Use of the cluster development regulations shall result in a better infill project than otherwise possible under the standard district regulations;
(c) Uses within the proposed cluster development shall be located so as to reduce any adverse influences and to protect the residential character of areas both within and adjacent to the cluster development;
(d) Diversity and originality in building layout and design shall be encouraged to achieve the best possible relationship between development and the land;
(e) Significant buffer zones with adequate landscaping shall be provided between existing single family dwellings and cluster dwellings;
(f) Roadway systems, service areas, parking areas, entrances, exits, and pedestrian walkways within the cluster development shall be so designed as to have access to side streets without creating traffic hazards or congestion;
(g) The layout of parking areas, service areas, entrances, exits, yards, courts, landscaping, signs, lighting, noise and other potentially adverse influences shall be designed and located to protect the residential character within and adjacent to the cluster development.
(Ord. 2007-222. Passed 1-10-08.)