In order to allow for residential retirement communities containing mixed residential and accessory uses, with characteristics distinct from those other residential districts permitted pursuant to the provisions of the Georgetown Zoning Chapter, in order to focus on the particular needs of retirees, including the need for support services such as medical care, meal services and recreational facilities, the need for transportation, the need for a community meeting area, and the need for limited commercial establishments, in order to recognize the potential compatibility between a retirement community and single-family residential land uses, a compatibility which may not exist between other multifamily land uses and single-family residential land uses, and in order to provide for the application of design ingenuity while protecting existing and future developments, the RRPC District is hereby established.

Uses permitted in an RRPC District under this article shall be as follows:

The land in an RRPC District need not be under single ownership, provided that proper assurances are given, through the procedures contained in this article or elsewhere in these regulations, that the project can be successfully completed.

The procedures for the establishment of an RRPC District and approval and amendment of the site plans are those contained in Article XIA, RPC - Residential Planned Community.

An application for approval of an RRPC may show and be processed concurrently with a separate application for establishment of a residential district in accord with regulations applicable to such a district. Establishment of the district boundaries shall be in accord with the procedures for changes and amendments contained in Articles XXV and XXVI.

The number of dwelling units permitted shall be determined by dividing the net development area by the minimum lot area per family required by the district or districts in which the area is located for single-family dwelling types, or by a density of 12 units per acre for multifamily dwelling types. Net development area shall be determined by subtracting the area set aside for nonresidential uses and state wetlands from the gross development area and deducting 25% of the remainder for streets or the actual area of proposed streets, whichever is less. The area of land set aside for common open space or recreational use shall be included in determining the number of dwelling units permitted.

The minimum lot area and minimum width of detached single-family dwelling lots established within the development shall not be less than 2/3 of the normal minimum lot area and minimum lot width required for detached single-family dwellings in the district in which the lot is located. In no case shall a detached single-family lot be created with an area of less than 7,200 square feet or a lot width of less than 60 feet.

Off-street parking shall be provided meeting the minimum requirements of these regulations. Design and improvements of parking lots and garages shall also conform to these regulations and other applicable regulations or ordinances. Design, arrangement and improvement of streets and driveways shall conform to the ordinance or ordinances and regulations governing the subdivision of land.[1]

Before approval of a development plan, the Town Council may require a contract with safeguards approved by the Town Solicitor guaranteeing completion of the development plan in a period to be specified by the Council in approving the site plan.

In approving an RRPC District, the Town Council may adopt a schedule of construction. If such a schedule is adopted, no permits for construction shall be issued except in accordance with the adopted schedule. Where both single-family and multifamily dwelling types are part of the development or where nonresidential uses are part of the development, the schedule of construction may require concurrent construction of a given type, number or use in that proportion adopted by the Council.

If, after approval and recording of the final site plan, the permit holder desires to incorporate additional or after-acquired adjacent land area into the development plan, an informal conference with the Town Council shall be requested pursuant to § 230-67 herein, for the purpose of outlining the scope of the application. If an application is filed for inclusion approval, the general procedural requirements of this article shall apply, with the application being deemed an application to extend or amend an existing RRPC. Any application for an extension or an amendment of an RRPC District to incorporate additional land area into a previously approved plan shall be considered within the parameter of the establishment of a new and separate RRPC District.