7-1-1 It is the intent that the PUD District review be carried out simultaneously with subdivision review.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

7-2-1 A tract or parcel of land proposed for a PUD application must be either in one ownership or filed jointly by the owners of all the property included.

7-2-2 A PUD must include at least ten acres of contiguous land.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

The following uses are permitted in PUD Districts:

(1)

Single-family detached and semi-attached dwellings

(2)

Duplex dwellings, either detached or semi-attached

(3)

Multi-family dwelling types

(4)

Townhouse dwellings

(5)

Churches

(6)

Schools

(7)

Parks, playgrounds, community centers and noncommercial recreational facilities, such as golf courses and tennis courts

(8)

Uses allowed by right in B-1, B-2 and B-3 Zoning Districts

(9)

Public utilities

(10)

Accessory uses and structures clearly subordinate and incidental to the permitted principal uses and structures

(11)

Uses permitted by right in the SR Senior Residential District subject to an eight dwelling unit per acre density (Revised 1/11/05)

(12)

Public facilities (Revised 1/11/05)

(13)

Temporary events zoning permit as defined by 16-19, excluding residential dwellings and accessory uses (Revised 6/26/12)

(14)

Temporary family health care structures as defined by article 22 and the Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2292 (Revised 7/23/13)

7-3-1 Uses allowed by special use permit.

(1)

Uses allowed with an approved special use permit in the B-1, B-2 and B-3 Zoning Districts

(2)

Telecommunication antennas and towers, subject to the conditions in article 21 (Revised 1/11/05)

(3)

Uses permitted by special use permit in the SR Senior Residential District subject to an eight dwelling unit per acre density (Revised 1/11/05)

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

7-4-1 Relation to major transportation facilities. PUD Districts shall be so located with respect to major street and highways or other transportation facilities as to provide direct access to such districts. Access to major highways will be governed by the policies and recommendations of the county land use plan and the subdivision ordinance.

7-4-2 Relation to utilities and public facilities. PUD Districts shall be so located in relation to sanitary sewers, water lines, storm and surface drainage systems, and other utility systems and installations that neither extension nor enlargement of such systems will be required in manner, form, character, location, degree, scale or timing resulting in higher net public cost or earlier incursion of public cost than would development in a form generally permitted in the area. Such districts shall be so located with respect to schools, parks, playgrounds and other public facilities required as to have access in the same degree as would development in a form generally permitted in the area. However, if developers will:

(1)

Provide private utilities, facilities or services approved by the public agencies which would normally provide such items substituting on an equivalent basis, and assure their satisfactory continuing operation and maintenance permanently or until equivalent public utilities, facilities or services are available, or

(2)

Make provisions acceptable to the county for offsetting any added net public cost or early commitment of public funds necessitated by such development, the location of the PUD District may be approved. In any computation of added net public cost, the difference in anticipated public installation, operation and maintenance cost, the difference in anticipated public revenue shall be given due consideration, among other pertinent factors. Cost for making such determinations, as may be required above, shall be paid by applicants. The determination shall be made by the county or by experts acceptable to the county.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

7-5-1 Generally. The following provisions dealing with design regulations set forth the standards judged to be acceptable in meeting the intent of this article. These regulations shall be utilized by developers in drawing up development plans for the PUD District.

7-5-2 Dwelling unit density.

7-5-2.1 The density shall not exceed eight units per acre.

7-5-3 Open space calculations. Common open space shall comprise at least 25 percent of the total gross area of the development. The board of supervisors may reduce the percentage of common open space when considering other amenities and the nature of the PUD. (Revised 1/11/05)

7-5-4 Plan for maintenance of open space. PUDs with provisions for common open space and private streets shall be approved subject to the submission of a legal instrument or instruments setting forth a plan or manner of permanent care and maintenance of such areas. No such instrument shall be acceptable until approval by the county's attorney as to legal form and effect, and by the administrator as to suitability for the proposed use of the open areas.

7-5-5 Design standards. Design standards pertain to environmental standards for the development site itself and the building arrangements. These shall be as follows:

7-5-5.1 Environmental design is concerned with the preservation and enhancement of the natural amenities of the development site. Methods for environmental design for topography, vegetation and natural terrain should be addressed to the developer in the site plan through the landscaping scheme.

7-5-5.2 Dwelling unit arrangements. The following are encouraged.

7-5-5.3 Dwelling unit regulations.

7-5-5.3.1 Generally. Each development shall provide reasonable visual and acoustical privacy for dwelling units. Fences, insulation, walks, barriers and landscaping shall be used, as appropriate, for the protection and aesthetic enhancement of property and the privacy of its occupants, screening of objectionable views or uses and reduction of noise.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

7-6-1 Public streets. If the streets are to be dedicated for public use, they shall conform to the VDOT road design standards.

7-6-2 Private streets. Private street and drives may be allowed along as they comply with VDOT design standards.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

Parking standards shall conform to the requirements listed below:

7-7-1 For each dwelling unit, there shall be one and one-half off-street spaces. (Revised 1/11/05)

7-7-2 Parking areas shall be arranged so as to prevent through traffic to other parking areas.

7-7-3 Parking areas shall be screened from adjacent structures, roads and traffic arteries with hedges/dense planting, earth berm, changes in grade or a wall.

7-7-6 All streets and any off-street loading areas shall be paved and the design thereof approved by the board. All areas shall be marked so as to provide for orderly and safe loading, parking, and storage.

7-7-7 Parking for nonresidential purposes shall be provided appropriately to the type of nonresidential use, as designated in the article 16.

7-7-8 Reserved. (Revised 1/11/05)

7-7-9 All parking areas and off-street loading areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water without erosion, flooding and other inconveniences.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

Signs shall conform to article 14.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

7-9-1 Generally. Nonresidential uses are designed for the express service and convenience of the residents of the PUD District and town center.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

A phased or staged plan development may be allowed in a PUD District upon approval by the board of supervisors in accordance with the guidelines set out in section 7-11.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

7-11-1 Generally. The administrative review of a request for a PUD District shall be handled in essentially the same manner as other re-zonings. However, a more detailed, step-by-step review process is necessary to ensure the adequacy of the proposed development in light of the standards and policies set forth by this division.

7-11-3 Preliminary development plan.

7-11-3.1 Application procedures. Application for re-zoning to a PUD District will be made to the administrator on the standard re-zoning request form. The preliminary development plan required at this time shall consist of:

(1)

Preliminary subdivision concept.

(2)

Site plan and supporting maps with the following information:

a.

The existing site conditions, including contours at, water courses, flood plains, unique natural features and forest cover.

b.

Proposed lot lines and plot designs.

c.

The location and floor area size of all existing and proposed buildings, structures and other improvements, including maximum height, types of dwelling units, density per type and nonresidential structures, including commercial facilities. Such drawings should be sufficient to relay the basic architectural intent of the proposed improvements, but should not be encumbered with final details at this stage.

d.

The location and size, in acres or square feet, of all areas to be conveyed, dedicated or reserved as common open spaces, public parks, recreational areas, school sites and similar public and semipublic uses.

e.

The existing and proposed circulation system of arterial, collector and local streets.

f.

The existing and proposed pedestrian circulation system, including its interrelation with the vehicular circulation system, indicating proposed treatment of points of conflict.

g.

The existing and proposed utility system, above-ground lines of which must be buried, including sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water, electric, gas and telephone lines.

h.

A general landscape plan indicating the treatment of materials used for private and common open space, including a grading plan.

i.

Enough information on land areas adjacent to the proposed PUD to indicate the relationships between the proposed development and existing/proposed adjacent areas, including land uses, zoning classifications, densities, circulation systems, public facilities, and unique natural features of the landscape.

j.

The proposed treatment of the perimeter of the PUD, including materials and techniques used, such as screens, fences and walls.

(3)

Written documents including the following:

a.

Reserved.

b.

A statement of planning objectives to be achieved by the PUD through the particular approach proposed by the applicant. This statement should include a description of the character of the proposed development and the rationale behind the assumptions and choices made by the applicant.

c.

A development schedule indicating the approximate date when construction of the PUD or stages of the PUD can be expected to begin and be completed.

d.

A statement of the applicant's intentions with regard to the future selling or leasing if all portions of the PUD, such as land areas, dwelling units, etc.

e.

Quantitative data for the following: total number and types of dwelling units; parcel size; proposed lot coverage of buildings and structures; approximate gross and net residential densities; total amount of open space (including a separate figure for usable open space); total amount of nonresidential construction (including a separate figure for commercial or institutional facilities); economic feasibility studies or market analysis where necessary; and other studies as required by the review authority.

7-11-3.3 Planning commission report.

Specifically, a recommendation of the planning commission shall include the following findings:

(1)

As to the suitability of the tract for the general type of PUD District proposed in terms of relation to the comprehensive plan, physical characteristics of the land and its relation to the surrounding area and existing/probable future development.

(2)

As to its relationship to major roads, utilities, public facilities and services.

7-11-3.4 Reserved.

7-11-3.5 Preliminary development plan approval. Preliminary development plan approval shall not constitute or authorize the recording of any plat or the issuance of building permits. Only after the approval of the final development plan can such actions be taken by the applicant.

7-11-4 Final development plan.

7-11-4.1 Generally. Within six months of the approval of the preliminary development plan, the applicant shall file with the zoning administrator a final development plan contained in a final detailed form the information required in [subsection] 7-11-3.1. At its discretion and for good cause, the zoning administrator may extend for six months the period for filing of the final development plan.

7-11-4.4 Amendments to final site plan.

No such change may cause any of the following:

(1)

An increase in overall coverage of structures

(2)

An increase in the intensity of use

(3)

An increase in the problems of traffic circulation and public utilities

(4)

A reduction in approved open space

(5)

A reduction of off-street parking and loading space

(6)

A reduction in required pavement widths

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

If no construction has begun in the PUD within one year from the approval of the site plan and recording of documents, such approval shall lapse and be of no further effect. The zoning administrator, upon showing of good cause by the developer, may grant an extension of six months.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)

The board of supervisors may require adequate assurance, in a form and manner which it approves, that the common open space shown in the final development plan for a PUD will be provided and developed. The following methods of assurance are intended as illustrative and they may be used singly or in combination or in conjunction with other similar methods:

(1)

Reserved. (Revised 1/11/05)

(2)

The title to the land shown as common open space may be put in escrow. The escrow agreement shall provide that the land is to be held in escrow until the zoning administrator has certified to the escrow agent that the PUD has been completed, at which time the common open space is to be conveyed as provided in of this article. The escrow agreement may provide for the release of common open space by the escrow agent in stages. The zoning administrator shall certify the completion of each stage of the planned development to the escrow agent. The escrow agreement must provide that a portion of the open space is conveyed in the manner which is provided in [subsection] 7-5-5 and [section] 7-10, if the planned development is not completed.

(Ord. of 6-12-18)