Gilroy City Zoning Code

The intent of the PUD planned unit development combining district is to allow diversification in the relationships of buildings, structures, and open spaces in building groups and the allowable heights of said buildings and structures, while insuring adequate standards related to the public health, safety and general welfare of the community. By allowing this diversification, the PUD planned unit development combining district intends to promote unified planning and development, economical and efficient land use, a higher standard of amenities, appropriate and harmonious variety in physical development, creative design, and an upgrading of the urban environment.

A minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the land area of those parcels designated as being in a PUD planned unit development combining district shall be used for uses permitted by the base zoning district. Other land uses to a maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the PUD land area may be permitted in accordance with a planned unit development approval which shall be obtained according to the provisions of section 30.50.50.

The establishment of a planned unit development combining district may be in combination with any residential, commercial or industrial district as defined in this chapter. The establishment or removal of the PUD combining district shall be processed as a zone change according to the provisions of Article LII.