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PREFACE
PUD #1 THE PRESERVE ON GRAND
PUD #2 GRAND WOODS
PUD #3 HEATHERWOOD
PUD #4 HEATHERWOOD 2
PUD #5 BEH
PUD #6 BEH II
PUD #7 PARKHAVEN
PUD #8 SOMERFIELD
PUD #9 SOUTHWOODS KNOLL
PUD #10 S AND F/KARP
PUD #11 SOUTHWOODS EAST 2
PUD #12 SOUTHWOODS EAST
PUD #13 STONEBRIDGE
PUD #14 WISTFUL VISTA
PUD #15 SOUTHWOODS WEST
PUD #16 WESTBROOKE
PUD #17 THE KNOLLS
PUD #18 WEST PARK
PUD #19 WOODLAND PARK
PUD #20 THE SHOPPES AT VALLEY WEST
PUD #21 WESTDALE PLAZA
PUD #22 COUNTRY PARK
PUD #23 JORDAN PARK VISTA
PUD #24 MEADOWVIEW
PUD #25 SUN PRAIRIE
PUD #26 SUN PRAIRIE WEST
PUD #27 WEST LAKES
PUD #28 COUNTRY CLUB OFFICE PLAZA (CCOP)
PUD #29 REED'S CROSSING
PUD #30 GLEN OAKS
PUD #31 ASHWORTH CORRIDOR
PUD #32 RYUN FARM
PUD #33 WIRTZ PROPERTY
PUD #34 BOONE FARM
PUD #35 98TH STREET
PUD #36 WESTOWN CENTRE
PUD #37 CORPORATE PLACE
PUD #38 WRENWOOD PLACE
PUD #39 WATER TOWER PLACE
PUD #40 THREE FOUNTAINS COMMERCIAL
PUD #41 BLUE CREEK
PUD #42 WESTIN HEIGHTS
PUD #43 SOUTH WATER TOWER PLACE
PUD #44 42ND STREET
PUD #45 50TH STREET
PUD #46 MAPLE GROVE NORTH
PUD #47 JORDAN CREEK TOWN CENTER
PUD #48 BRIDGEWOOD
PUD #49 ASHAWA
PUD #50 VALLEY GREEN
PUD #51 5940 UNIVERSITY
PUD #52 COLBY OFFICE PARK
PUD #53 GREENWAY CROSSING
PUD #54 WEST GRAND BUSINESS PARK
PUD #55 MILLS CROSSING
PUD #56 RESERVED
PUD #57 ASHWORTH CROSSING
PUD #58 BATY FARM
PUD #59 DEPOT AT ASHWORTH
PUD #60 LAKE VIEW
PUD #61 BENNETT
PUD #62 WEST GLEN TOWN CENTER
PUD #63 LINCOLN STREET PARK
PUD #64 KING'S VALLEY
PUD #65 CLEVEN
PUD #66 KING'S RIDGE
PUD #67 RESERVED
PUD #68 GALLERIA
PUD #69 ROBEL FARM
PUD #70 WELLS FARGO WEST DES MOINES CAMPUS
PUD #71 JORDAN CREEK CROSSING I
PUD #72 SOUTH MAPLE GROVE
PUD #73 BELLA SOUTH
PUD #74 JORDAN CREEK CROSSING II
PUD #75 JORDAN HEIGHTS
PUD #76 MAPLE GROVE WEST
PUD #77 PUBLIC SAFETY STATION #19
PUD #78 HERITAGE BEND
PUD #79 VILLAGE AT JORDAN CREEK
PUD #80 TALLYN'S REACH
PUD #81 VILLAGE OF PONDEROSA
PUD #82 PLAZA AT JORDAN CREEK
PUD #83 JORDAN CREEK BUSINESS PARK
PUD #84 MERCY WEST LAKES
PUD #85 LUTHERAN-MYERS
PUD #86 COUNTRY CLUB DENTAL
PUD #87 JORDAN WEST
PUD #88 PARADISE POINTE
PUD #89 SILVERWOOD
PUD #90 BROADMOOR APARTMENTS AT JORDAN CREEK
PUD #91 AVIVA USA
PUD #92 ESCALADE TOWNHOMES
PUD #93 WESTOWN CITY CENTER
PUD #94 TACO JOHN'S
PUD #95 RACCOON RIVER QUARRIES
PUD #96 WEST BANK-CASEY'S
PUD #97 60TH AND ASHWORTH CENTER
PUD #98 FAREWAY
PUD #99 DENTON
PUD #100 KINGS LANDING
PUD #101 ROGER'S FARM
PUD #102 MIDWEST TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS PARK
PUD #103 CLOCKTOWER SQUARE
PUD #104 GRAND VALLEY
PUD #105 ELDORADO ESTATES
PUD #106 1ST STREET REDEVELOPMENT
PUD #107 PLATINUM POINTE TOWNHOMES
PUD #108 MAJESTIC OAKS
PUD #109 DELLA VITA
PUD #110 SAMMONS FINANCIAL GROUP
PUD #111 QUAIL PARK WOODS
PUD #112 PHENIX
PUD #113 THE FOUNDRY
PUD #114 THE PARKWAYS
PUD #115 TRAIL SIDE
PUD #116 RB WDM GRAND LLC
PUD #117 BROWNS WOODS HOLLOW
PUD #118 WDM PUBLIC SERVICES
PUD #119 CEDAR RIDGE
PUD #120 GRAND RIDGE
PUD #121 THE PRESERVE
PUD #122 MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
PUD #123 DOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
PUD #124 WENDY’S
PUD #125 SOUTH BRANCH BUSINESS PARK
PUD #126 VILLAGE ON JORDAN CREEK
PUD #127 KING’S GROVE
PUD #128 WESTOWNE SHOPPING CENTER
PUD #129 MILLS LANDING
PUD #130 LINNWILL HY-VEE
PUD #131 THE WILDER PINES
PUD #132 M&W MINI STORAGE (CUBESMART)
PUD #133 ERIK'S BIKES
PUD #134 THE VILLAGE AT SUGAR CREEK
PUD #135 PAVILION PARK
PUD #136 JORDAN RIDGE
PUD #137 JORDAN CREEK TOWER
PUD #138 SUITE SHOTS
PUD #139 ASHWORTH 88
PUD #140 WOODHOUSE
PUD #141 VALLEY WEST MALL
PUD #142 VAL AIR BALLROOM
034-03: CONDITIONS:
Whereas, Title 9, Chapter 9, PUD Planned Unit Development District, of the City Code, establishes certain regulations and guidelines pertaining to accompanying information required on plat and site plan documents. Now, therefore, the following conditions, restrictions, and regulations are adopted as part of this approval, to wit:
   A.   General Conditions: The sketch plan incorporates single-family residential and multi-family residential land uses which shall be distributed by area, types and location according to the sketch plan and this Ordinance. In addition, the following general development criteria shall be integrated into and made a part of this planned unit development and sketch plan approval.
      1.   All subdivisions, public streets, public street rights-of-way and general development shall adhere to the standards and design criteria set forth in the West Des Moines Subdivision Ordinance pertaining thereto, unless otherwise stated within this Ordinance.
      2.   Unless otherwise specified herein, the development of the Boone Farm PUD shall comply with Chapter 15 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Areas), Chapter 3 (General Zoning Provisions), and Chapter 1 (Zoning Administration and Enforcement) of the West Des Moines City Code. For the purposes of the application of Chapter 9, Planned Unit Development District, Section 9-9-6, Final Plan Submittal, the submittal of final plan documents for any parcel, or part of any parcel within one year after approval and publication of this Ordinance, shall be considered to satisfy the terms and requirements of Section 9-9-6.
      3.   In all areas within a 100-year frequency flood hazard zone, or adjoining drainage ways, and detention ponding areas involving potential flood hazards, no building shall be erected which has a lowest floor, including basements, less than one foot (1') above the determined level of the 100-year frequency flood event, and no building shall be erected within twenty five feet (25') of any easement or property boundary of a major drainage way, storm water detention basin or pond.
      4.   The developer, their successors and/or assigns, if any, shall pay all planning, engineering, and construction costs for the interior development of the planned unit development, as required by this Ordinance, or the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of West Des Moines, Iowa, for all streets, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, drainageway improvements, detention basins, water mains, buffers and other improvements within Parcels A, B, C, C-1, C-2, E, F and G of the PUD as may be required by the Subdivision Ordinance, Zoning Ordinance or this Ordinance.
   B.   Land Use Design Criteria: In addition to the general conditions as stated in subsection A above, the following land use design criteria shall apply to the development areas designated by parcel on the sketch plan. The sketch plan document which is made a part of this rezoning action per Section 034-02 of this Ordinance, delineates nine (9) parcels of the PUD as Parcels A, B, C, C-1, C-2, D, E, F and G for application of specific standards of land use and development regulations. The following development standards and use regulations shall apply to each of the individual parcels as applicable.
      1.   Parcel A: All general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in Section 9-5-5A of the City Code for the RS Single-Family Residential District shall apply to any development in Parcel A, except that the minimum lot size shall not be less than forty thousand (40,000) square feet.
      2.   Parcel B: All general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in the City Code for the RS Single-Family Residential District of the City of West Des Moines, shall apply to any development in Parcel B, except that the minimum lot size shall not be less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and the minimum lot frontage shall not be less than one hundred feet (100').
      3.   Parcel C: All general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in the City Code for the RS Single-Family Residential District of the City of West Des Moines, shall apply to any development in Parcel C, except that minimum lot size shall not be less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet and the minimum lot frontage shall not be less than eighty feet (80').
         a.   Buffering: A minimum thirty foot (30') buffer park shall be required for all lots bordering 50th Street and no driveway access to individual lots shall be permitted from South 50th Street. No fences or structures shall be permitted within the buffer park. Prior to development within any part of Parcel C, a buffer plan shall be reviewed and approved by the City which illustrates that use of berms and tree plantings in accordance with the provisions of the City Code, as amended by Ordinance 1073, to effectively buffer the single-family residential uses along South 50th Street from South 50th Street and projected uses west of South 50th Street.
      4.   Parcel C-1: Any uses within Parcel C-1 shall comply with all general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in the City Code for the RS Single-Family Residential District, unless specified otherwise herein. Parcel C-1 shall be limited to a minimum lot size of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. All double-frontage lots shall be required to have a side yard setback of no less than twenty feet (20') measured from the thirty foot (30') buffer park easement along South 50th Street. All other lots shall comply with the standard setback requirements in accordance with the provisions of the City Code.
         a.   Buffering: A minimum thirty foot (30') buffer park easement shall be required along South 50th Street and no driveway access shall be permitted directly onto South 50th Street from Parcel C-1. The minimum required yard setback shall be measured from the thirty foot (30') buffer park easement with no fences or structures permitted within the buffer park easement. Prior to development within any part of Parcel C-1, a buffer plan shall be reviewed and approved by the City which illustrates that use of berms and tree plantings in accordance with the provisions of the City Code, as amended by Ordinance 1073, to effectively buffer the residential uses from South 50th Street. A buffer park easement shall be recorded at the County prior to the issuance of any building permits on Parcel C-1.
      5.   Parcel C-2: Any uses within Parcel C-2 shall comply with all general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in the City Code for the RS Single-Family Residential District, unless specified otherwise herein. Parcel C-2 shall be limited to a minimum lot size of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. All double-frontage lots shall be required to have a side yard setback of no less than twenty feet (20') measured from the thirty foot (30') buffer park easement along South 50th Street. All other lots shall comply with the standard setback requirements in accordance with the provisions of the city code.
         a.   Buffering: A minimum thirty foot (30') buffer park easement shall be required along South 50th Street and no driveway access shall be permitted directly onto South 50th Street from parcel C-2. The minimum required yard setback shall be measured from the thirty foot (30') buffer park easement with no fences or structures permitted within the buffer park easement. Prior to development within any part of parcel C-2, a buffer plan shall be reviewed and approved by the city which illustrates that use of berms and tree plantings in accordance with the provisions of the city code, as amended by ordinance 1073, to effectively buffer the residential uses from South 50th Street. A buffer park easement shall be recorded at the county prior to the issuance of any building permits on parcel C-2.
      6.   Parcel D: The area contained within parcel D has been dedicated as right of way for South 50th Street.
      7.   Parcel E: All general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in the city code for the RS single- family residential district of the city of West Des Moines shall apply to any development in parcel E, except that the minimum lot size shall not be less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and the minimum lot frontage shall not be less than one hundred feet (100').
      8.   Parcel F: All general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in the city code for the RM medium density residential district of the city of West Des Moines shall apply to the development of parcel F with a maximum of two hundred five (205) dwelling units allowed with a maximum density of eight (8) dwelling units per acre.
         a.   Development Standards: The southern twelve (12) acres may be developed at a density of up to ten (10) dwelling units per acre with a transfer of a corresponding number of units deducted from the northern thirteen and sixty eight hundredths (13.68) acres. If this parcel is developed as single-family residential then the RS-6 single-family residential standards shall apply;
A minimum thirty foot (30') buffer park easement shall be required along South 50th Street and the minimum required yard setback shall be measured from the thirty foot (30') buffer park easement with no fences or structures permitted within the buffer park easement. Prior to development within any part of parcel F, a buffer plan shall be reviewed and approved by the city which illustrates that use of berms and tree plantings in accordance with the provisions of the city code, as amended by ordinance 1073, to effectively buffer the residential uses from South 50th Street. A buffer park easement shall be recorded at the county prior to the recordation of any plat on parcel F.
No individual lot driveway access shall be permitted directly onto South 50th Street. The layout of streets within parcel F shall be established with the platting of the property prior to any development.
         b.   Architecture Requirements: The architecture of multiple-family buildings within parcel F shall be acceptable to the city and accomplished in a manner compatible with the adjoining residential uses in the neighborhood. Architectural design for multi-family buildings shall attempt to express a creative presentation of exterior building materials, exterior details and texture, treatment of windows and doors, and use of angles and multiplicity of planes within the wall and roof design to lessen the plainness of appearance which can be characteristic of large residential buildings. (Ord. 1252, 6-16-1997)
      9.   Parcel G: All general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in the city code for the office district shall apply to any platted lot under two (2) acres. All general use regulations, performance standards and provisions set forth in the city code for the professional commerce park district and SIC 805 - nursing and personal care facilities as a permitted use, shall apply to any platted lot over two (2) acres.
         a.   Prohibited Uses: The following uses shall be prohibited within parcel G:   SIC 58 eating and drinking places and SIC 701 hotels and motels. Any uses with drive-through facilities shall be designed to be screened from the adjacent public street right of way and adjacent residential properties to minimize the visual impact of the drive-up.
         b.   Height: Buildings within this development shall be no more than two (2) stories or thirty feet (30') in height.
         c.   Traffic Circulation: The master plan shall include a circulation element prepared by the developer prior to any development of parcel G showing the general layout and location of existing and proposed public and private streets within and adjoining parcel G in order to assure workable street patterns, grades and usable building sites.
         d.   Buffer Park: A minimum sixty foot (60') buffer park shall be established adjacent to the right of way of relocated South 50th Street. Building setbacks shall be measured from right of way lines of South 50th Street. No structures, other than ground signs shall be allowed within the buffer park. Parking lots may be located immediately adjacent to the boundary of the buffer park provided that there is adequate screening and buffering to minimize the visual impact of the parking areas from the public street right of way and surrounding properties.
         e.   Architecture: Architecture and use of materials for the construction of any building within parcel G shall be accomplished in a manner compatible with residential uses within the neighborhood. The architectural design shall be acceptable to the city, use of materials shall be principally brick exterior veneer with compatible coloring and size for the building on the property and the roof shall be principally of a gable or hip style design. All heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanical units shall be located on the ground and shall be screened from all adjoining properties and roadways. All sides of the building shall be compatible in design and use of materials.
         f.   Lighting Plan: At the time of site plan submittal a photometric lighting plan shall be required that shows the proposed lighting and the lighting level of the site. The lighting layout should be designed so as to not negatively impact the surrounding residential properties.
         g.   Signage: No pole sign, as defined by the West Des Moines city sign code, shall be incorporated into the development; ground sign standards shall be used for construction of freestanding signage with a maximum of ten feet (10') in height. All signage constructed as wall signs on the building fascia shall incorporate individual internally lighted or individual solid letters and logos, except as may be provided elsewhere herein, and shall be restricted to no more than the name, address, crest or insignia, occupation or profession of an occupant of the premises, name of the building, or trademark of the occupant. Panel signs and exposed neon signage shall be prohibited for use as wall signs and architectural elements.
         h.   Driveway Access: No individual lot driveway access shall be permitted directly onto South 50th Street. The layout of streets within parcel G shall be established with the platting of the property prior to any development. (Ord. 1571, 2-17-2004)