(a)

A planned unit development may be established in existing zoning districts, or over a combined area of several zoning districts, or in such districts as may be determined by the city council pursuant to a planned unit development application, where tracts suitable in location and character for the uses and structures proposed are to be planned and developed as a planned unit development, according to the requirements and procedures set forth in this article. In considering a planned unit development, among the criteria to be used shall be the location and nature of the planned unit development with respect to intended functions and the pattern of development existing or proposed in the general plan or other officially adopted plans, and to public and private facilities and services existing or clearly to be available by the time development reaches the stage where they will be required.

(b)

The location of the planned unit development shall be designated on the zoning map by the designation "PUD" with the specific ordinance number called out.

(Code 1998, § 122-314; Code 2008, § 122-314; Ord. No. 281-C, § 1(ch. 6, art. II, § 2(B)), 11-8-1994; Ord. No. 2015-75, § 2, 10-27-2015)