This ordinance [article] shall be known and may be cited as the "Planned Development District Ordinance."

(Ord. No. 1983-3, 2-9-1983)

The Planned Development District may be of the following types:

(1)

General retail or shopping center;

(2)

Residential development;

(3)

Industrial uses, industrial parks or districts;

(4)

Medical center and hospital;

(5)

Civic center and community center;

(6)

Office center;

(7)

Commercial use development;

(8)

Recreation center;

(9)

Transition districts as an extension of an existing district, whereby the provision of off-street parking, screening walls, open space and planting would create a protective transition between a lesser and a more restrictive district;

(10)

A combination of any of the developments listed in (1) to (9).

(Ord. No. 1983-3, 2-9-1983)

To establish a Planned Development District, all requirements of article X [of this ordinance], Amendments, shall be complied with, and a comprehensive site plan of the development shall be filed with the planning and zoning commission and the city commission prior to an approval of any Planned Development District. The said required site plan of the development shall set forth the requirements for:

(1)

Ingress and egress to the property;

(2)

Public or private streets or drives, with adequate right-of-way to conform to the thoroughfare plan of the City of Carthage;

(3)

Sidewalks;

(4)

Utilities;

(5)

Drainage, shown with arrows;

(6)

Parking space;

(7)

Height of building;

(8)

Maximum lot coverage;

(9)

Yards and open spaces;

(10)

Screening walls or fences;

(11)

Other development and protective requirements considered necessary to create a reasonable transition to and protection of the adjacent property; and

(12)

Restricted uses of, and in, the property and structures.

(Ord. No. 1983-3, 2-9-1983)

In the event the said site plan does not include area, size, height, setback, side yard, rear yard and parking requirements, the minimums and maximums allowed in said plan of development shall be the same as normally required in the zoning district permitting the particular use for which the development is intended.

(Ord. No. 1983-3, 2-9-1983)

The said city commission may impose additional conditions relative to the standard of development of any planned district, and said conditions shall be fulfilled or complied with before a certificate of occupancy is issued for the use of the land or any structure which is a part of the Planned Development District. Such compliance shall be construed as a condition precedent to the granting of a certificate of occupancy.

(Ord. No. 1983-3, 2-9-1983)

If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, or provision of this ordinance [article] shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance [article] as a whole or any part of provisions thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.

(Ord. No. 1983-3, 2-9-1983)

Wherever the requirements of this ordinance [article] are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the more restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.

(Ord. No. 1983-3, 2-9-1983)

The owner of property that is zoned planned development can use the property for either the use specified in the planned development application or any use allowed under the previous zoning.

(Ord. No. 1988-5, 6-27-1988)