(A) The purpose of overlay and special purpose districts is to provide for enhanced standards to protect and enhance the unique characteristics of specific areas and/or corridors, such as natural scenic beauty or manmade features, while providing for development opportunities. Examples of such purposes include: promoting the safe and efficient use of specific roadways by controlling access and other traffic measures; Encouraging the redevelopment of an area consistent with a particular design theme; giving special attention to landscaping, buffering, signage, lighting and building setbacks in those districts identified as needing special attention; and giving special attention to the existing architectural style or to the style which is planned, so as to create an easily identifiable area in those areas identified as architecturally or historically significant.
(B) The City Council, upon recommendation from the Planning Commission, may adopt overlay and special purpose districts as the needs are identified in order to implement specific purposes, intents, and design standards generally consistent with the City of Tontitown 2005 Comprehensive Land Use Plan provisions for the area being regulated, which shall be applied as additional standards to other city regulations. The development criteria for each district shall be those standards as set out in each respective district that is adopted. Such districts shall be made a part of the zoning regulations through the standard amendment procedures; and upon adoption, the boundaries of such districts, shall be delineated on the official zoning map.
(Ord. 2017-05-635, passed 5-2-17)