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(a) Planned unit development shall be permitted when in keeping with existing natural features and when designed to preserve such features or to make more efficient use of land and thereby better serve the general health and welfare of the community. Such development may require modification, subject to Planning Commission approval, to Sections 1101.04, 1101.07, 1113.02, 1113.03 and 1117.07.
(b) Upon completion of all the required public improvements, the subdivider or developer shall request, in writing, a final inspection by the City Manager as required under Ohio R.C. 711.091. (Ord. 333. Passed 12-10-73.)
In order to promote the health and general welfare and to preserve and make available open space, the Planning Commission may grant a subdivider the right to vary the yard setbacks and building placement within the zoning lot to be developed, leaving common open space free of buildings. The right to vary yard setbacks and building placement shall, however, be subject to the following conditions:
(a) An overall plan of the entire tract showing roads, lot lines, lot areas, easements, encumbrances, and other relevant data shall be submitted in accordance with Chapters 1105 through 1117.
(b) Overall density shall not exceed that of the zoning district in which the proposed subdivision is located. The houses in the proposed subdivision shall be grouped in clusters. The minimum lot area shall be no less than one-half of that minimum lot area normally required in the zoning district in which the subdivision is located.
(c) The balance of the land in the proposed subdivision that is not contained in lots or within road rights of way shall be contiguous and of such condition, size and shape as to be usable for recreation. Such land shall be held in corporate ownership by the owners of lots within the development, and the subdivider shall incorporate into the deeds of all property within the development a clause giving to the owners an interest in such open land which shall be used for recreational purposes only. No structure, save those incidental to the recreational use, shall be permitted thereon.
(d) Open land shall be a minimum of one and one-half acres and shall be subject to taxation. In the case of tracts of three or more acres, the developer may petition the Municipality to accept dedication of the land to be used in perpetuity as public open spaces.
(e) Upon completion of all the required public improvements, the subdivider or developer shall request, in writing, a final inspection by the City Manager as required under Ohio R.C. 711.091.
(Ord. 333. Passed 12-10-73.)
In order to preserve harmony with existing natural features, provide more efficient concentrations of open space, and/or provide aesthetic benefits, the Planning Commission may grant a subdivider the right to vary the yard setbacks within the zoning lot to be developed subject to the following conditions:
(a) The total lot size meets the minimum square footage requirement for the zoning district in which located.
(b) The setback variance does not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the setback normally required within the applicable zoning district.
(c) All such site plans envisioning such variances have been approved by the Planning Commission. (Ord. 333. Passed 12-10-73.)
(a) Trees of species which are resistant to damage and disease and which do not cause interference with either aboveground or underground utilities, street lighting, or visibility at street intersections shall be provided by the subdivider in all subdivisions where curbs, gutters, and sidewalks are required.
(b) The builder shall plant two trees with a minimum caliper of two and one-half inches for every lot frontage, but no trees shall be located within ten feet of the required right of way. Existing tree cover within the proposed plat shall be retained to the greatest extent possible and taken fully into account in the design of the subdivision lots and street layout. All areas not otherwise landscaped or treated shall be sodded or seeded.
(Ord. 333. Passed 12-10-73.)
(a) Permanent concrete reference monuments, as described in subsection (b) hereof, shall be located and set as follows: At least four permanent markers in each subdivision plat of ten lots or less, and not less than six permanent markers in each plat containing over ten lots. The permanent concrete reference monuments shall be installed at the outer perimeter of the subdivision prior to the final acceptance of a plat.
(b) Permanent reference markers shall be of one inch steel rod set in, and running through, a concrete block at least six inches in diameter and at least thirty inches long. The bottom of such concrete block shall be set at least thirty inches deep below finished grade in the subdivision, and the points at which all such permanent markers may be found shall be designated on the plat.
(c) Iron pin monuments five-eighths inch in diameter and thirty inches long, shall be placed by the surveyor at all points on the plat boundary lines where there is a change of direction not marked by a concrete monument and at all lot corners. The lot markers shall be installed prior to the time that the prospective residents of the subdivision are permitted to occupy their dwellings.
(Ord. 333. Passed 12-10-73.)
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