In order to encourage desirable design and land use pattern, protect natural environment, minimize traffic congestion, and enhance living and working conditions, it is deemed desirable to provide for tract development of land in planned development. (Prior code § 8-1.17(a))

A. The owner of a parcel of land in State Urban District, three acres or more in size, who is desirous of proceeding with a planned development, shall first apply to the commission in writing, stating the location, size and brief description of the planned development; provided, however, that the minimum area for planned development proposed on lands outside the State Urban District shall be ten acres or more in size. The commission shall reject or tentatively approve the request.

B. Upon receipt of the tentative approval, the owner shall confer with the planning director, the director of public works and the director of the department of water supply and proceed to prepare a sketch plan of the development, showing among other things, a preliminary proposal for drainage, streets, utilities, grading, landscaping, open spaces, lots, land uses, recreational and community facilities, buildings and structures, and programming. The commission shall review the sketch plan for conformance with the standards of development in this chapter and reject or tentatively approve the sketch plan.

C. Upon approval of the sketch plan, the owner shall proceed to prepare a unified site and building program which shall include, among other things, construction plans in accordance with Title 18; site plan showing grading, landscaping, protected open spaces, location of each building and structure; building plan of each building and structure; and the financing and timing program. The commission shall review the unified site and building program, and upon approval, the owner may proceed to finalize the planned development. (Ord. 785 § 1, 1974; prior code § 8-1.17(b))

A. The development shall meet all the construction standards and requirements of the various governmental agencies.

B. Not less than twenty percent of the total area of the tract shall be common protected open space, integrated with the lot layout and street system in order to maximize its park-like effect. Common protected open space shall mean open space to be owned in common by the individual owners within the development and maintained in open space for their common use and enjoyment.

C. Each building and structure shall be individually designed by a registered architect to conform with the intent of the planned development.

D. Landscaping of the entire development, including along streets, within lots and in the open spaces shall be provided.

E. Adequate recreational and community facilities shall be provided.

F. Provision shall be made for adequate and continuing management of all open spaces and community facilities to insure proper maintenance and policing. Documents to said effect shall be required. (Prior code § 8-1.17(c))

Upon strict compliance with the standards of development, the commission may reduce the minimum lot area, allow greater building densities, and mixed land uses as follows:

A. If the development is to be subdivided, the minimum lot size may be reduced twenty percent from that required for that particular district; provided, that the minimum lot width shall not be reduced.

B. In residential planned development, including duplex zone, with minimum tract area of three acres, combining of no more than three dwelling units in a single structure shall be permitted. Only a single, interior-located common club facility shall be permitted. There shall be no increase in the overall dwelling unit density.

C. In residential planned development, including duplex zone, with minimum tract area of ten acres, combining of no more than five dwelling units in a single structure shall be permitted. Two interior-located common club facilities shall be permitted. Overall dwelling unit density may be increased ten percent.

D. In residential planned development, including duplex zone, with minimum tract area of thirty acres, combining of no more than eight dwelling units in a single structure shall be permitted. Four interior-located club or community facilities shall be permitted. Overall dwelling unit density may be increased fifteen percent.

E. Apartment, hotel, business and industrial planned developments shall be permitted in their respective districts. For such planned developments with minimum tract area of ten acres, the overall permitted floor area may be increased ten percent; and for minimum tract area of thirty acres, the overall permitted floor area may be increased fifteen percent.

F. Overall dwelling unit density shall be determined by dividing the total number of dwelling units by the net land area. Net land area shall be total lot area minus the area of dedicated streets and other dedicated areas. Base dwelling unit densities upon which any bonus shall be applied, shall be as follows:

Permitted dwelling unit densities for other zoning districts not specified above shall be based upon the allowable densities within the districts.

G. Planned developments proposed on lands including more than one zoning district may permit a mixture of uses, densities and/or dwelling units; provided, that the total density and/or dwelling units of the planned development shall not exceed the combined allowable densities of each of the zones. (Ord. 785 §§ 2 and 3, 1974; prior code § 8-1.17(d))

All other regulations shall be the same as those for the particular district in which the planned development is located, unless otherwise specifically provided by the provisions of this article. (Prior code § 8-1.17(e))