A Neighborhood Center Area serves as the focal point of a Planned Unit Development District, containing retail, commercial, civic, and public services to meet the daily needs of community residents. A Neighborhood Center Area is pedestrian-oriented, and it is designed to encourage pedestrian movement between a Mixed Residential Area and a Neighborhood Center Area. A square is encouraged in a Neighborhood Center Area. Retail and commercial uses should generally be located adjacent to a square. Neighborhood Center Area uses may include retail shops, restaurants, offices, banks, hotels, post office, governmental offices including but not limited to City Hall, Horizon City Police Department, Fire Department and Water Authority, churches, community centers, and attached residential dwellings.

A Mixed Residential Area includes a variety of residential land uses including single-family residential, duplex, townhouse, and multifamily. Residential scale retail and commercial uses are permitted within a Mixed Residential Area with strict architectural and land use controls. Retail and commercial uses in a Mixed Residential Area are required to blend into the residential character of the neighborhood. A Mixed Residential Area includes open spaces including small squares, pocket parks, community parks, and greenbelts. A Mixed Residential Area promotes pedestrian activity through well-designed and varied streetscapes that also provide for the safe and efficient movement of vehicular traffic. Mixed Residential Area uses include single-family homes, condominiums, townhouses, apartments, offices, restaurants, neighborhood scale retail, and civic uses.

A Neighborhood Edge Area is the least dense portion of a Planned Unit Development, with larger lots and greater setbacks than the rest of the neighborhood. Direct vehicular access to the street is permitted. Only single-family residential dwellings are permitted. A Neighborhood Edge Area is appropriate along the perimeter of the neighborhood. A portion of a Planned Unit Development that adjoins existing or platted conventional low density housing must be designated as a Neighborhood Edge Area.

Civic uses that are oriented to the general public are permitted in a Neighborhood Center Area and a Mixed Residential Area. These uses are essential components of the social and physical fabric of a Planned Unit Development District. Special attention should be paid to the location of government offices, libraries, water authority, fire department, museums, schools, churches, and other prominent public buildings to create focal points and landmarks for the community. The locations of these major public civic uses are designated on the Development Plan at the time of zoning approval.

A Planned Unit Development is designed to be pedestrian oriented. To accomplish this goal, street pattern and design is used to reduce vehicle travel speeds and encourage pedestrian activity. An interconnected network of streets and alleys may be utilized in the PUD. Streets may be smaller than in conventional development and more varied in size and form to control traffic and give character to the neighborhood.

Open space is a significant part of a Planned Unit Development District design. Formal and informal open spaces are required. The serve as areas for community gatherings, landmarks, and as organizing elements for the neighborhood. Open space includes squares, plazas, greens, preserves, parks, and greenbelts.

Use of a site for the production of artwork by one or more individuals and the incidental sale of the art produced, limited to the use of hand tools, domestic mechanical equipment not exceeding two horsepower, or a single kiln not exceeding eight kilowatts.

Use of a site for the production of artwork by not more than one individual and an assistant and the incidental sale of the art produced.

Use of a site for provision of maintenance and custodial services to firms rather than individuals. This use includes janitorial service, landscape, maintenance, and window cleaning services.

Use of a site for provision of education or training in business, commerce, language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit that is not otherwise described as a home occupation, college, university, or public or private educational facility.

Use of a site for sale, rental, or repair of equipment or supplies used by office, professional, or service establishments, but excludes automotive, construction, and farm equipment. This use includes office equipment and supply firms, small business machine repair shops, and hotel equipment and supply firms.

Use of a site for the parking of motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a privately owned off-street parking facility. This use includes commercial parking lots and garages and excludes parking as an accessory use.

Use of a site for the provision of broadcasting or information relay services through electronic and telephonic mechanisms, but excludes major utility facilities. This use includes television, film, or sound recording studios, telecommunication service centers, and telegraph service offices.

Use of a site for the provision of an indoor or outdoor recreational facility for use by residents or guests of a residential development, planned unit development, church, private primary or secondary educational facility, club or lodge, or nonprofit organization.

Use of a site for the provision of an indoor or outdoor recreational facility for use by the general public, but not for economic gain.

Use of a site for the provision of convenient and limited services to individuals in access-controlled facilities that make twenty-four-hour operation possible. This use includes the renting of private postal and safety deposit boxes to individuals and automated banking machines.

Use of a site for the provision of repair services to individuals or households rather than firms. This use includes appliance repair shops, watch or jewelry repair shops, and musical instrument repair shops, and excludes automotive repair services, equipment repair services, and service stations.

Use of a site for the provision of bed care and inpatient services for persons requiring regular medical attention. This use excludes the provision of surgical or emergency medical services and the provision of care for alcoholism, drug addition, mental disease, or communicable disease.

Use of a site for a library, museum, or similar facility.

Use of a site for the provision of daytime care for more than 20 persons. This use includes nursery schools, preschools, day care centers for children or adults, and similar uses, and excludes public and private primary or secondary educational facilities.

Use of a site for the provision of daytime care for more than 6 but not more than 20 persons. This use includes nursery schools, preschools, day care centers for children or adults, and similar uses, and excludes public and private primary or secondary educational facilities.

Use of a site for the provision of daytime care for six persons or less. This use includes nursery schools, preschools, day care centers for children or adults, and similar uses, and excludes public and private primary or secondary educational facilities.

Use of a site for the assembly of prototype electrical and electronic components for computers, computer peripherals, scientific or medical measuring or analyzing instruments, radio, telephone, and similar equipment. This use excludes the production of goods for sale to customers, and chip, wafer, or semiconductor prototype assembly.

Use of the site for the provision of a family-based facility providing 24-hour care in a protected living arrangement with not more than two supervisory personnel and not more than six residents who are suffering from orthopedic, visual, speech, or hearing impairments, Alzheimer’s disease, pre-senile dementia, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, autism, or emotional illness.

Use of a site for the retail sale of food or household products for home consumption. This use includes grocery stores, delicatessens, meat markets, retail bakeries, and candy shops.

Use of a site for the sale or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for personal or household use, but excludes uses classified more specifically in this section. This use includes the provision of household cleaning and maintenance products, drugs, cards, stationery, notions, books, tobacco products, cosmetics, specialty items, apparel, jewelry, fabrics, cameras, photography services, household electronic equipment, records, sporting equipment, kitchen utensils, small home appliances, art supplies and framing, arts and antiques, paint, interior decorating services, office supplies, and bicycles.

Use of a site for the sale or rental of commonly used goods for personal or household use, but excludes uses classified more specifically in this section. This use includes department stores, furniture stores, and establishments providing home furnishings, appliances, wallpaper, floor covering, or automotive parts and accessories (excluding service and installation).

Use of a site for the provision of a family-based facility providing 24-hour care in a protected living arrangement for more than 6 but not more than 15 residents and not more than 3 supervisory personnel. This use includes foster homes, homes for the physically and mentally impaired, homes for the developmentally disabled, congregate living facilities for persons 60 years of age or older, [and] maternity homes.

Use of a site for the provision of a family-based facility providing 24-hour care in a protected living arrangement for not more than 6 residents and 2 supervisory personnel. This use includes foster homes, congregate living facilities for persons 60 years of age or older, maternity homes, and homes for persons with physical or mental impairments not listed in the description of family home use. Persons with physical or mental impairments are persons whose impairments substantially limit one or more of the person’s major life activities, who have a record of the impairment, or who are regarded as having the impairment, as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Use of a site for the provision of medical, psychiatric, or surgical services on an outpatient basis, and includes emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, administration, and services to outpatients, employees, and visitors.

Use as a dwelling unit that includes commercial use on the ground floor and consists of a minimum of two stories.

Use of a site for the provision of services that are necessary to support the development in the area and involve any minor structures including lines and poles.

Use of a site for provision of meeting, recreational, or social facilities by a private or nonprofit association, primarily for use by members and guests. This use includes private social clubs and fraternal organizations.

Use of a site for the provision of generating plants, electrical switching facilities or primary substations, refuse collection or disposal facilities, water or wastewater treatment plants, or similar facilities.

Use of a site for the provision of parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, or open spaces available to the general public and under the management or control of a public agency.

Use of a site for the sale of beer or wine in a building that is located in a park or recreation facility under the management or control of a public agency.

Use of a site for the provision of postal services and includes post offices, bulk mail processing, and sorting centers operated by the United States Postal Service.

Use of a site for a private or parochial school offering instruction at the elementary school level in the branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools of the state.

Use of a site for a private or parochial school offering instruction at the junior and senior high school levels in the branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools of the state.

Use of a site for a public school offering instruction at the elementary school level in the branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools of the state.

Use of a site for public school offering instruction at the junior and senior high school levels in the branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools of the state.

Use is [of a site for] regular organized religious worship or religious education in a permanent or temporary building. The use excludes private primary or secondary educational facilities, community recreational facilities, day care facilities, and parking facilities. A property tax exemption is prima facie evidence of religious assembly use.

Use of a site for 3 to 12 dwelling units designed and marketed specifically for the elderly, the physically handicapped, or both.

Use of a site for provision of public safety and emergency services, and includes police and fire protection services and emergency medical and ambulance services.

Use of a site for the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, excluding alcoholic beverages, in a ready-to-consume state. This use includes the sale of:

Use of a site for the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages for on-premises consumption, including the on-premise sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages as an accessory use. This use includes diners, dinner-houses, and restaurants not otherwise defined as restaurant (limited) or restaurant (drive-in, fast food), and excludes a business offering only hors d’oeuvres or desserts.

Use of a site for the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages. This use includes soda fountains and ice cream parlors, and excludes fast-food and drive-in restaurants, and excludes the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption.

Use of a site for the provision of fuel, lubricants, parts and accessories, or incidental services to motor vehicles.

Use of a site for development or testing of computer software packages including magnetic disks, tapes, and associated operating manuals. This use excludes printing, distribution, and software manufacturing.

Use of a site for presentation of plays, motion pictures, or other dramatic performances within a building.

An application for zoning or rezoning to a Planned Unit Development may not be accepted for filing before the applicant meets with the Director of Public Works (“Director”) and the City Engineer or their designee in a presubmittal meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to acquaint the city staff with the proposed development, provide the applicant with preliminary staff comments, and identify major concerns or the need for additional data. Discussion topics at the meeting may include transportation, the environment, drainage, land use, and design concepts.

Following the Presubmittal Meeting, an applicant for a Planned Unit Development shall prepare a Development Plan as part of the zoning application. The Development Plan must contain the following information:

The Development Plan for the Planned Unit Development District shall be included in the ordinance zoning or rezoning the land as a Planned Unit Development District[.]

The table below lists the permitted uses within a Neighborhood Center Area and a Mixed Residential Area of a Planned Unit Development District. “MRA” means Mixed Residential Area, “NCA” means Neighborhood Center area, “P” means that a use is permitted, “P*” means that a use is permitted but subject to additional regulations as noted herein, and “X” means that a use is not permitted. Uses not listed in the table are not permitted.

Each lot within a PUD must be allocated to a particular land use category. The amounts of land that must be allocated to particular land use categories, excluding streets, alleys, open spaces and, drainage controls are as follows:

Innovative solutions to drainage on the Property are encouraged in the PUD.

Streets within the PUD shall vary depending on the proposed function of the roadway and the anticipated adjacent land uses. The use of a variety of designs are encouraged to lend character to the neighborhood. Pavement widths and rights-of-way shall be as follows:

Street trees shall be planted in the rights-of-way parallel to the street along all streets at a maximum average spacing of 30 feet on center, except for in the Neighborhood Center Area where the spacing of trees can be fifty (50) feet, provided other provisions for shade are made.

The following parking regulations apply in a Planned Unit Development:

Sidewalks are required in all areas. Sidewalks shall be 5 feet minimum in width in the MBA and should be separated from the curb by a landscape-planting strip. Sidewalks in the NCA shall be a minimum of 7 feet provided that adequate area is maintained for the planting of trees in accordance with the ordinance. Such sidewalks shall be installed and constructed on both sides of each residential street.

Lighting in the public right-of-way shall be placed at a maximum height of 30 feet and shall be spaced at intervals of not more than 250 feet apart. Innovative use of lighting fixtures is encouraged in the PUD area. Exterior lighting outside the right-of-way shall be hooded or shielded so that the light source is not directly visible from adjacent properties.

Garage apartments shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the dwelling units.

This article applies to the design and development of a Neighborhood Center Area.

This article applies to the design and development of a Mixed Residential Area.