17-17 Expand Chapter 1159 Planned Development

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1156.02 LOCATION OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS. (a) A Planned Development may be permitted in a Cl Office, C2 Retail, C3 General Business District, C4 Public School District, or the MH Multiple - Family, High Density Residential District, on approval by the Commission and City Council in accordance with this Chapter 1156. (b) For a commercial PD, at least fifty-one percent (51 %) of the property or properties must be located in the Cl Office, C2 Retail, C3 General Business, C4 Public School District, or the MH Multiple - Family, High Density Residential District. (c) The remaining forty -nine percent (49 %) or less of the property may be located in an existing RIL, RIM, RIH, R2 and ML residential zoning district so long as such property abuts or is immediately adjacent to property as described in subsection (b) above and provided that the PD contains adequate buffers, setbacks and transition as noted elsewhere in this Chapter. (d) All properties identified as being part of the PD shall be designated a PD on the Zoning Map. Grouping of uses permitted in other districts to create developments of compatible and mutually supportive activities is encouraged provided there are adequate buffers to adjacent properties of other uses and designs to promote compatibility and transitions to adjacent properties. (e) It is not intended that the Commission automatically approve PD proposals that seek increases in density, changes in allowed uses, or alterations in district standards; rather, approvals shall only be received by those proposals that provide design characteristics that substantially achieve the purpose of this Chapter. (f) A PD should utilize the following characteristics to the greatest possible extent which shall be considered in the approval process: (1) Designs that reflect the Vision and that offer types or densities of development that are not available under the other Sections of this Code. (2) Designs that utilize a creative approach to achieve better urban design, efficiencies in use of land and infrastructure, and the provision of aesthetic amenities. (3) Designs that provide appropriate buffers and transitions between areas with different land uses and development densities. (4) Designs that maintain or enhance the appearance of neighborhoods by complementing neighborhood architectural character. (5) Designs that are intended to encourage flexibility, innovation, and creativity in site and development design by allowing the mixing of permitted uses and /or modification of variation from otherwise applicable zone district and development standards. (6) Designs, which encourage a mix of retail, service, office, housing, live - work units, and public activities to coexist in a manner that reflects human scale and emphasizes pedestrian orientation, taking advantage of the vitality that mixed uses can bring to the community. (7) Designs that conserve areas of natural beauty and green spaces to the greatest degree possible consistent with accommodating new development. (8) Designs that incorporate "green architecture" pursuant to Resolution 7746 -03, City ofLakerrood Green Building Policy. 1156.03 STANDARDS FOR REVIEW OF A PRELIMINARY PD PLAN. An application for approval of a Preliminary PD Plan, together with submitted plans and reports, shall be reviewed for its conformance with the following standards: (a) The proposed PD shall contain uses that are expressly permitted either by right or as conditional or accessory uses in a Cl Office, C2 Retail, C3 General Business, C4 Public School District, or the MH Multiple - Family, High Density Residential District, in which the PD is located or as modified according to (b)