A. Except as modified by and approved in the ordinance approving a final development plan, a planned development shall be governed by the regulations of the district or districts in which the said planned development is located.
B. The ordinance approving the final development plan for the planned development may provide for such exceptions from the district regulations governing use, density, area, bulk, parking and signs, and the subdivision design standards as may be necessary or desirable to achieve the objectives of the proposed planned development, provided such exceptions are consistent with the standards and criteria contained in this chapter. No modifications of district requirements or subdivision design standards may be allowed when such proposed modification would result in:
1. Inconvenient or unsafe access to the planned development;
2. Traffic congestion in the streets which adjoin the planned development;
3. An undue or disproportionate burden on public parks, recreational areas, fire and police protection, schools, and other public facilities which serve or are proposed to serve the planned development;
4. A development which will be incompatible with the purpose of this title and the goals and objectives of the Waterman comprehensive plan;
5. Alteration, destruction, or diminution of natural landscape features such as floodplains, wetlands, fens, woodlands, prairie, rock outcroppings, seeps, springs, or steep slopes; and
6. Alteration or destruction of archeological and historic features.
C. The planning commission may recommend to the village board and the village board may grant a planned unit development which modifies the applicable district zoning regulations and subdivision regulations upon a written finding by the planning commission that the planned development meets the applicable objectives and standards and criteria contained in this chapter. Such written finding shall set out the reasons supporting each finding and shall support each of the following standards and the applicable provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 2004-10, 6-8-2004)