(A) A PRUD shall contain a minimum area of ten acres and consist of a least 24 housing units in all Agricultural Zones, and contain a minimum area of four acres in all Residential Zones.
(B) The basic number of dwelling units in a PRUD shall be the same as the number permitted by the lot area requirements of the same in which the PRUD is located. Land used for schools, churches, other non-residential service-type buildings, and uses for streets and exclusively for access to the useable area of a PRUD, shall not be included in the area for determining the number of allowable dwelling units.
(C) The basic number of dwelling units in a PRUD may be increased by up to 10% if the Planning Commission, in its judgment, determines that the concept, site layout and design, the residential groupings, and the aesthetic and landscaping proposals will provide a superior residential development and environment to that which would result through the normal land subdivision process.
(D) If a PRUD is located in two or more zones, then the number of units allowed in the PRUD is the total of the units allowed in each zone; however, the units allowed in each zone must be constructed in the respective zone.
(E) (1) It is not the purpose of the PRUD provision to allow an increase in the housing density of a PRUD beyond what city development ordinances would normally allow by requesting housing unit credit and transfer for lands to be included in the PRUD boundary as common open spaces which have little or no possibility of housing development. Such areas may include swamp lands, bodies of water, excessively steep slopes and hillsides, and mountain areas which do not have the capability of housing development due to lack of water, access, natural resource limitations, and the like. Therefore, the Planning Commission shall determine what part, if any, of such lands may be included in a PRUD as useable open space common area for which dwelling unit credit is being requested for transfer to developable portions of the PRUD, and when such determination justifies such inclusion, the Planning Commission shall allow the transfer of units.
(2) In making this determination, the Planning Commission shall be guided by the following factors:
(a) The physical relationship of the proposed common areas to the developable area of the PRUD shall be such that the common areas are suitable for landscaping and/or developed open space, or for recreational uses of direct benefit, access, and use ability to the unit owners;
(b) The lands shall contribute to the actual quality, livability, and aesthetics of the PRUD and shall be physically integrated into the development design; and
(c) The lands must be suitable for, and possess the capability for, housing development.
(Prior Code, § 32.10) (Ord. 05-09, passed - -; Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992)