Centerville City Zoning Code
UNIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
SPECIFICATION I
§ 154.195 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
(A) The owner or owners of any tract of land comprising an area of not less than ten acres located in the S, A, B, C or R-I Districts may submit to the Board of Zoning Appeals a plan for the use and development of the land, primarily for residential purposes. The proposed development plans shall be submitted to the town’s Plan Commission for examination, study and report and for a public hearing.
(B) If the town’s Plan Commission approves the development plan, the plan, together with the recommendations of the town’s Plan Commission, shall be embodied in a report to the Board of Zoning Appeals, stating the reasons for the approval of the plan and application and specific evidence and facts showing that the proposed residential development plan has considered and made provision for the following essential elements:
(1) The appropriate use of property adjacent to the area included in the plan will be fully safeguarded;
(2) The plan is consistent with the intent of this chapter to promote public health, safety and the general welfare;
(3) The buildings shall be used primarily for single-family dwellings, apartments or group houses and the usual accessory uses such as garages, storage space and community activities; and
(4) The area of the tract, excluding street area, but including the area to be devoted to parks, parkways and other open spaces, will provide the minimum lot area per family, counting all families to be housed under the unit development plan, which is required for the most intensive use normally permitted in the district in which the development is to be located.
(Prior Code, § 154.135) (Ord. 1-1957, passed 5-27-1957)
§ 154.196 APPROVAL BY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.
If the Board of Zoning Appeals approves the proposed residential development plan, building permits and certificates of occupancy shall be issued, even though the use of the land, the location of the buildings to be erected in the area and the yards and open spaces provided in the plan do not conform in certain respects to the regulations for the district in which the development is to be located.
(Prior Code, § 154.136) (Ord. 1-1957, passed 5-27-1957)
§ 154.999 PENALTY.
(A) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not provided shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $10 and not more than $25. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) Any person who violates any provision of § 154.017 of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each day that the violation exists.
(Prior Code, § 154.999) (Ord. 1-1957, passed 5-27-1957; Ord. 5-1984, passed 10-2-1984)