Must conform to the requirements set forth in § 340-98.

Must be located in a Planned District zone, designated for a petition to change the zone in a R-7, R-10, R-15 or R-20 zone, or designated for a zone change in a R-40 or lower density zone where the uses of adjacent properties are business, commercial, institutional or government uses.

Must possess access to municipal water and sewer service.

Must be located in an area with vehicular access that minimizes traffic impacts through established neighborhoods.

Parcels shall be merged into one lot prior to issuing any permits unless it is demonstrated that each parcel meets the zoning standard and development will not share responsibility for common infrastructure operation or maintenance.

Must be located directly on Atwood Avenue, Hartford Avenue, or another principal arterial roadway delineated in the Highway Functional Classification System for the State of Rhode Island (2005, as amended), with the exclusion of Sanderson Road, Greenville Avenue, and Atwood Avenue north of the Cherry Hill Road intersection;

Must conform to the requirements set forth in § 340-98;

Must possess access and connections to all major utilities, including municipal water and sewer service;

Must not be designated for a petition to change the zone from a R-40 or lower density underlying zone, or be adjacent to a R-40 or lower density residential zone, unless the uses on the adjacent properties are business, commercial, institutional, or governmental uses, prior to the designation of the property for which a petition to change the property's zone to a PMUD has been submitted;

Must be located in an area where the predominant surrounding vicinity zone and/or use is business, institutional/government, and/or multifamily;

Must be developed by a single owner or by a group of owners acting jointly; and

Supportive commercial uses must conform with § 340-102.

A CCRC shall be permitted by special use permit in a B-2 zone and/or as part of a Planned District in the R-40 zoning district.

Property size and coverage must conform to § 340-98.

The site plan review requirements of § 340-107 and master plan stage approval of major land development in accordance with the Town of Johnston Land Development and Subdivision Regulations for major subdivisions;[1]

Sections 340-110 and 340-111; and

R.I.G.L. § 45-24-52.

Noncommercial recreation uses to be used by residents of any residential development that is part of a Planned District;

Tennis courts; and

Conservation and open space areas.

Senior center, youth center, and similar public and semipublic use types of facilities;

A group of medical and/or dental offices and/or health maintenance organizations (HMOs) on an outpatient-only basis, and their ancillary uses, including pharmacy, emergency care and/or treatment facility, outpatient services such as diagnostic and laboratory testing, occupational and physical therapy, physical fitness, drug and alcohol rehabilitation;

Neighborhood uses such as senior day-care facility;

Indoor/outdoor recreation facilities; and

Multifamily structures containing any dwelling units in excess of three bedrooms.

Planned District where nonresidential use does not exceed 5% gross floor area.

Planned Mixed Use District.

Not more than four contiguous townhouses shall be built in a row with the same or approximately the same front line, and not more than eight townhouses shall be contiguous.

Each townhouse shall have its own yard containing not less than 400 square feet, reasonably secluded from the view from streets or from neighboring property. Such yards shall not be used for off-street parking or for any accessory building.

The minimum distance between any two rows of townhouse buildings substantially parallel to each other shall be 60 feet. The minimum distance between the abutting ends of townhouses in the same general plane or row shall be 30 feet.

Multifamily dwellings, including apartments and condominiums, located within a Planned District shall conform to the requirements of §§ 340-56 through 340-58 and §§ 340-60 and 340-61.

Not more than 24 dwelling units shall be permitted in a multifamily structure.

Structures for other permitted or special permit uses shall be a minimum of 35 feet from other buildings within the development.

Net area equal to at least 20 acres unless the Planning Board and Town Council approve a waiver of this requirement where the Planning Board finds that the proposed area provides adequate and suitable area for the use(s) proposed to be added, and is consistent with the goals and purposes of Planned Districts as set forth in § 340-92, and provides for a campus-like setting with an efficient, integrated pattern of development providing for easy pedestrian access to and between facilities and other pedestrian-friendly amenities; has adequate and suitable infrastructure and parking and properly manages traffic safety and circulation issues; has suitable designed physical improvements, including plantings and landscaped buffering for the protection of abutters; and is consistent with the Town's Comprehensive Community Plan.

Length of continuous frontage on an improved public street: 100 feet.

Total maximum building coverage shall be determined on a sliding scale, as follows:

Net area equal to at least 10 acres; and

Length of continuous frontage on an improved public street: 100 feet.

A vegetated area within said buffer of a minimum of 10 feet, with appropriate year-round screening incorporating an opaque vertical element with a minimum height of six feet by four feet in depth, at two years' maturity for natural features; or

Six feet for solid fences and walls.

The permanently maintained open space minimum of 25 feet from the right-of-way line or adjacent property line may be reduced to a ten-foot-wide landscaped and vegetated open space area buffer with a three-foot vertical element maintained between the parking and the landscaped area along the public street right-of-way line for the entire length of the frontage, except in the location of any approved curb cuts. Said vertical elements may consist of either a solid wall, dense hedge, or an earthen berm and may not be situated any closer than three feet from the right-of-way line; the purpose of this vertical element is to provide a year-round visual screen. Further, vertical elements shall not adversely affect sight distance for exiting vehicles.

This reduced buffer within the front yard shall not be paved for parking or driveways/circulation, and may not be used for leaching or absorption fields; however, easements for underground utility lines are permitted. The design for said buffers shall be in accordance with the landscaping provisions of this chapter and the Land Development and Subdivision Review Regulations of the Town of Johnston.[1]

A corporation or trust owned or to be owned by the owners or lots or units within the development;

Owners of shares within a cooperative development (if such a corporation or trust is used, ownership shall pass with conveyances of the lots or units);

A nonprofit organization, the principal purpose of which is the conservation of open space; or

The Town of Johnston for park, open space, agricultural, or other specified use or uses and open to unrestricted public use.

If less than 25% of the total gross tract is excluded due to the existence of steep slopes and/or wetlands, then not more than 40% of the gross floor area (GFA) developed within the net tract may be used for nonresidential uses by right or by special use permit. If 25% to 40% of the total gross tract is excluded due to the existence of steep slopes and/or wetlands, then not more than 50% of the GFA developed within the net tract may be used for permitted nonresidential uses by right or by special use permit.

If more than 40% of the total gross tract is excluded due to the existence of steep slopes and/or wetlands, then not more than 60% of the GFA developed within the net tract may be used for permitted nonresidential uses by right or by special permit.

Overhead clearance for drive-through/window services shall be a minimum of 14 feet in height.

Drive-through service areas shall be situated on the premises where the location will not impede the traffic flow accessing or circulating within the property boundaries and where stacking areas are separate and apart from the primary circulation driveways.

Stacking spaces are required for drive-through service areas and shall be a minimum size of 12 feet wide by 20 feet long and shall be provided for as follows:

A minimum distance of 40 feet shall exist between the front of the stacking space at the service window or station and the exit onto the street or circulation driveway, thereby permitting a vehicle to drive beyond the service window or station after the completion of a transaction and wait until merging into the traffic stream.

Acquaint the applicant with the Johnston Comprehensive Community Plan and any specific plans that apply to the parcel, as well as the Zoning Ordinance and other ordinances that affect the proposed development;

Suggest improvements to the proposed design on the basis of a review of the sketch plan;

Advise the applicant to consult appropriate authorities on the character and placement of public utility services; and

Help the applicant to understand the steps to be taken to receive approval.

Proposed name of the development;

Location by metes and bounds description;

Name and address of the applicant and designer of the plan;

Scale of plan: one inch equals 10 feet;

Date, North arrow, contours at two-foot intervals;

Boundary line of the development indicated by a solid line, and the total acreage encompassed thereby;

Location, widths and names of all existing and prior platted streets, pavements, curbs, utility poles, railroad and utility rights-of-way, parks and other public open spaces, permanent buildings and structures, houses or permanent easements, and section and municipal boundary lines on or within 500 feet of the development;

Existing sewers, water mains, culverts, catch basins, hydrants and other underground facilities within the tract, indicating pipe sizes, grades, manholes and location;

Proposed location, arrangement, and dimensions of automobile parking spaces, width of bays, angle of parking;

Proposed location and dimensions of vehicular drives, entrances, exits, walks, and walkways;

Proposed drainage system, sanitary sewer, hydrants, water line and other utilities;

Proposed location, height and materials of walls, fences and screen plantings;

Proposed ground cover, finished grades, slopes, banks and ditches;

Location, proposed use and general exterior dimensions of principal and accessory buildings and signs;

The stages, if any, to be followed in the construction of development;

A comprehensive plan for the development of the abutting land, if any, owned by the developer;

Test boring data, at least one fifteen-foot for every four acres of land;

Typical street cross-sections;

Proposed parks, playgrounds, and other open spaces, if any;

Total number of dwelling units in the proposed development and the overall density;

Percentage of the area to be devoted to roadways;

Percentage of the area to be devoted to parks, playgrounds and other common facilities;

Percentage of area covered by buildings;

Identification of wetlands (including buffer) and slopes steeper than 8%; identification of percentage of net buildable area; and

Any other items deemed necessary by the Planning Board.

The site plan for the Planned District is consistent with the purpose, requirements, permitted use, design, density, dimensional regulations, affordable housing objectives, open space requirements, and related criteria established for such Planned District.

Reasonable conditions have been imposed, where necessary, to mitigate any adverse impacts of the proposed Planned District, particularly:

An agreement between the developer and the Town of Johnston stating, among other things:

The following items shall also be submitted:

Notify the applicant, in writing, how the plan must be amended to comply with the requirements of this article; or

Notify the applicant, in writing, that the plan does not comply with the requirements of this article.