§ 109-15. P-D Planned Development District.

The regulations set forth in this part shall apply in the P-D Planned Development District. The purpose of the P-D district is to permit the development of large tracts of residential, commercial or industrial land or viable combinations thereof in an orderly meaningful fashion. It is intended that such development should maximize the potentials of the area and minimize any adverse effects upon adjacent properties.

(1)

Procedure. The owner of any tract of land comprising an area of not less than five acres may submit to the council a plan for the use and development of the entire tract of land. This development plan shall be referred to the commission for study and for report after public hearing. The commission shall review the conformity of the proposed development with the standards of the comprehensive plan, and with recognized principles of civic design, land use planning, and landscape architecture. The commission may approve the plan as submitted, or before approval may require that the applicant modify, alter, adjust, or amend the plan as the commission deems necessary to the end that it preserves the intent and purpose of this chapter as stated in section 109-2. The development plan as approved by the commission shall then be reported to the council, where upon the council may, after notice and public hearing, approve or disapprove the plan as reported or may require such changes thereto as it deems necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this chapter.

(2)

Standards. The land usage, minimum lot area, yard, height, and accessory uses shall be determined by the requirements set out below, which shall prevail over conflicting requirements of this chapter or the subdivision chapter:

a.

The minimum yard and height requirements of the zoning district in which the development is located shall not apply except that minimum yards specified in the adjacent district shall be provided around the boundaries of the area being developed.

b.

Uses along the project boundary lines shall not be in conflict with those allowed in adjoining or opposite property. To this end, the commission may require, in the absence of an appropriate physical barrier, that use of least intensity or a buffer of open space or screening be arranged along the borders of the project.

c.

A plat of the development shall be submitted, showing building lines, building locations, common land, streets, easements, and other applicable items required by chapter 107.

d.

No building permits shall be issued until the final plat of the development is approved and recorded.

(3)

Deed restrictions. In its review of the plan, the commission or council may consider any deed restriction or covenants entered into or contracted for by the developer concerning the use of common land or permanent open space. Common land as herein contained shall refer to land dedicated to the public use and to land retained in private ownership but intended for the use of the residents of the development unit or the general public.

(4)

Changes and modifications. No change or modification of the plat of any planned district as to land use, density, and street location or size shall be permitted except by the procedure providing for amendments to this chapter in section 109-24. Other changes or modifications, such as locations of buildings, parking lots, common areas except streets, etc. may be made upon application to and approval of the commission.

(Prior Code, § 121.15)