(A) Planned unit development - Commercial Residential (PUD-CR).
(1) Review. The Warren County Planning Board shall receive and review requests for establishing (developing) a planned unit development - Commercial Residential (PUD-CR) and shall make a recommendation to the Board of Adjustment within 30 days after its first consideration.
(2) Minimum lot area: four acres.
(3) Permitted uses. A Planned Unit Development may contain any of the permitted uses of the district in which it is allowed as a special use, residential development may include:
(a) Townhouses. A dwelling unit as part of a structural arrangement of two or more single family attached dwellings joined by common walls on not more than two opposite sides with the uppermost story being a portion of the same dwelling located directly beneath at the grade or first floor level and having exclusive individual ownership and occupant rights of each dwelling unit including, but not limited to, the land area directly beneath the dwelling. Said units have separate entrances to the outside and are entirely separated from each other by walls that meet North Carolina Building Standards. The minimum number of townhouses attached to each other shall be two and the maximum number shall be six. Density of townhouses in a planned unit development shall not exceed 12 units per gross acre and a maximum number of six units per building. Building height for townhouses is permitted up to three stories where the height shall be above grade (measured at the level grade of the topographical surface) except where § 157.026 applies.
(b) The site area not covered by dwelling units may be made part of the individual townhouse lots or clustered as common open space, dedicated to a homeowner’s association, or combination of the two.
(c) Clustered detached single-family dwellings. These are dwellings in which the lot size for each individual dwelling may be reduced, but may not be less than 6,000 square feet provided that the difference between the required dimensions for the district and the reduced dimensions is dedicated to a homeowner’s association as common open space.
(d) Zero lot line dwellings. Detached single-family dwellings on lots without side yard requirements on one side of the lot. The lot for a zero lot line dwelling may be reduced, but may not be less than 6,000 square feet provided that the difference between the required dimensions for the district and the reduced dimensions is dedicated to a homeowners’ association as common open space.
(e) Commercial uses. low intensity commercial uses that are listed as permissible in either the Lakeside Business (LB) or Neighborhood Business (NB) Districts identified in Table II-1 Dimensional Requirements and Table II-2 Permitted Uses of this chapter. Building height for the PUD-CR may be increased up to a maximum of 70 feet or five stories, whichever is lesser.
(f) Where a site development incorporates both commercial and residential uses as indicated in this subchapter the impervious surface ratio of 36% shall apply and a minimum of 15% green-space preservation shall apply.
(B) Planned unit development - Residential (PUD-R).
(1) Review. The Warren County Planning Board shall receive and review requests for establishing (developing) a planned unit development (PUD) and shall make a recommendation to the Board of Adjustment within 30 days after its first consideration.
(2) Minimum lot area: two acres.
(3) Permitted uses. A planned unit development may contain any of the permitted uses of the district in which it is allowed as a special use, residential development may include any of the following:
(a) Townhouses. A dwelling unit as part of a structural arrangement of two or more single family attached dwellings joined by common walls on not more than two opposite sides with the uppermost story being a portion of the same dwelling located directly beneath at the grade or first floor level and having exclusive individual ownership and occupant rights of each dwelling unit including, but not limited to, the land area directly beneath the dwelling. Said units have separate entrances to the outside and are entirely separated from each other by walls that meet North Carolina Building Standards. The minimum number of townhouses attached to each other shall be two and the maximum number shall be six. Density of townhouses in a planned unit development shall not exceed 12 units per gross acre and a maximum number of six units per building. Building height for townhouses is permitted up to three stories where the height shall be above grade (measured at the level grade of the topographical surface) except where § 157.026 applies.
(b) The site area not covered by dwelling units may be made part of the individual townhouse lots or clustered as common open space and dedicated to a homeowner’s association, or a combination of the two.
(c) Clustered detached single-family dwellings. These are dwellings in which the lot size for each individual dwelling may be reduced, but may not be less than 6,000 square feet provided that the difference between the required dimensions for the district and the reduced dimensions is dedicated to a homeowner’s association as common open space.
(d) Zero lot line dwellings. Detached single-family dwellings on lots without side yard requirements on one side of the lot. The lot for a zero lot line dwelling may be reduced, but may not be less than 6,000 square feet provided that the difference between the required dimensions for the district and the reduced dimensions is dedicated to a homeowners’ association as common open space.
(C) Additional requirements. The North Carolina Planned Community Act (G.S. Ch. 47F) shall apply. Common area and common open space shall be deeded to a homeowner’s association and the developer or owner shall record with in the County Register of Deeds office a declaration of covenants and restrictions as well as regulations and by-laws that will govern the open space for the development.
(Ord. passed 5-7-2018; Ord. passed 6-7-2021)