(a) Governing Development Text.
(1) General development standards for the Planned District shall be proposed by the applicant in a governing development text, which shall be submitted to the Village along with the preliminary development plan as part of the rezoning application.
(2) At a minimum, the governing development text shall address the following aspects of the Planned District:
A. Permitted, conditional, accessory and prohibited uses.
B. Lot size[s], frontage and coverage.
C. Minimum setbacks.
D. Building size[s] and height[s], architectural design, and materials.
E. Site layout, depicting placement of buildings, structures, and uses.
F. Parking requirements.
G. Signage plans.
H. Major landscaping, screening, and buffer plans and features
I. Lighting plans and features.
J. Any other information the Planning and Zoning Commission or the Council may require.
(b) Development Plan Requirements. Approved development plans shall contain the following minimum information and comply with the following minimum requirements:
(1) Location of buildings, structures, and land uses within the development depicting building/structure sizes, heights and setbacks. Improvements and land uses shall be situated in a manner that minimizes any adverse impact on the public and adjacent properties. Depictions of improvement architecture and design shall demonstrate the character and materials of improvements are compatible with one another throughout the development.
(2) Location of roadway systems (public and private), service areas, parking areas, entrances, exits, sidewalks and other pedestrian walkways within the development, that shall be designed to minimize traffic hazards and congestion, and to promote the safe and orderly flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(3) The number and location of access drives, that shall be limited to reduce curb-cuts, cut-through traffic, the incidence of left turns, and any adverse impact on the surrounding properties.
(4) A comprehensive lighting plan, designed to illuminate parking and other appropriate areas of the development. The plan shall identify proposed lighting style, height and light luminance. Lighting shall eb positioned and designed to minimize light pollution to the satisfaction of the Village.
(5) Location and substance of landscaping, screening, and buffer features. Adequate landscaping, screening, and buffers shall be constructed to reduce any adverse impact on adjacent properties and ensure adequate privacy for residential buildings and properties within and outside the development.
(6) Measures to screen rooftop mechanical equipment, and trash and recycling containers from view by public adjacent properties.
(7) Accommodation and access for fire-fighting and other emergency apparatus.
(8) Location and amount of common open space throughout the development. Where possible, open space shall preserve and enhance the natural features of the subject property. Public utility and similar easements, rights-of-way for water courses and similar channels, and detention and retention ponds shall not be considered common open space unless a walking trail is constructed around or along the perimeter of the same.
(9) Grading, drainage, and storm water management plans.
(10) Common open space, and storm water detention and retention basins and ponds, shall be defined by legal instruments identifying their owner[s] and the party/parties responsible for perpetual maintenance of the same (which shall be the owner, developer, homeowner's association, condominium association or similar entity, as applicable). Common open space designated as a public park, or for a similar recreational use, may be dedicated to the Village, provided the Council has agreed to accept such dedication as part of the preliminary development plan approval.
(11) Accommodation for utility easements, fire hydrants and sanitary sewers.
(12) To the fullest extent possible, significant natural features of the subject property shall be preserved, including but not limited to stream beds, mature trees and rock outcroppings.
(13) All other information and plans required under any other provision of this Chapter, and/or requested by the council or the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(c) Zoning Regulations for Final Development.
(1) The rezoning application (as applicable), governing development text, and preliminary and final development plans shall collectively set forth the zoning regulations applicable to the Planned District, and shall serve as the basis for development of the property.
(2) Zoning regulations set forth in this Planning and Zoning Code with which the Planned District development must ordinarily comply shall apply to the development unless specifically altered by the approved governing development text or development plans.
(Ord. 22-089. Passed 12-5-22.)