(A)   The planned unit development provision is intended for the flexible control of development, either of single district or mixed use.

   (B)   Regulation is through a review of the entire site plan and through specific design standards and performance criteria, rather than through the traditional lot-by-lot approach of the other district classifications.

(1981 Code, App. A) (Ord. 624, Art. X, § 1, passed 2-25-1975; Am. Ord. 699, passed 6-8-1982)

   The following are the guidelines for when a planned unit development zoning regulating is to be utilized.

   (A)   The location and design of the planned unit development shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan and with other plans for streets, utilities, parks, and the like.

   (B)   The location and design of the planned unit development shall ensure its compatible integration with developments on adjoining properties and should create an attractive, healthful, and stable environment for living and working that is superior to the development attainable under separate zoning regulations.

   (C)   The dedication of land for proper usage and the reservation of land for common usage in a planned unit development shall be undertaken as follows. Each final development plan shall have its streets, parking areas, recreation open spaces, and the like, provided according to the requirements of that plan or purpose and common use areas for the ultimate development shall be provided in the initial phase of the development master plan.

   (D)   Planned unit development shall be defined as meeting all of the above criteria and also the following requirements.

      (1)   It shall be a development of land which shall be developed as a unified whole.

      (2)   It shall be for integrated projects planned as a whole and including, but not limited to: dwellings and related facilities, traveler’s services, commercial centers, industrial parks, and urban renewal projects.

      (3)   It shall be according to comprehensive and detailed plans which include streets, utilities, lots, site plans, floor plans, and elevations for all buildings as intended to be located, constructed, used, and related to each other and detailed plans for other land use as related to the surrounding buildings.

(1981 Code, App. A) (Ord. 624, Art. X, § 2, passed 2-25-1975)

   (A)   Applicants for rezoning to planned unit development shall submit to the Planning Commission a preliminary plan covering the entire tract proposed for development and indicating existing conditions and development for an additional area including at least 200 feet from tract boundaries. This preliminary plan shall be drawn at a scale of 50 feet or 100 feet to the inch, shall indicate topography at 2-foot contour intervals, and shall show existing drainage or other significant natural features.

   (B)   This plan shall show with appropriate dimensions an arrangement of buildings and their uses, off-street parking and loading facilities, internal circulation, ingress and egress from adjoining streets, service areas and facilities, drainage system, landscaping, fences and walls, the size, location, orientation and type of all signs proposed, proposed lighting of the premises, and relation to all property within 200 feet of the tract. If it is proposed to develop the planned unit development in stages, the stages and time of development shall be indicated.

   (C)   This plan shall show the identity of property owners and evidence of unified control of property within the proposed planned unit development.

(1981 Code, App. A) (Ord. 624, Art. X, § 3, passed 2-25-1975)

   (A)   When a preliminary application has been filed, the Planning Commission shall review it for compliance with the requirements of this chapter and of the subdivision regulations and shall make a finding as to whether the proposed change is in accordance with the objectives of the city’s Comprehensive Plan. In the course of the review, the Planning Commission may suggest changes in the preliminary plan as a condition of Planning Commission approval.

   (B)   The Planning Commission shall then transmit the application and the preliminary plan to the City Commission, together with a recommendation as to approval, disapproval, desirable changes, and special conditions and safeguards, which recommendations may include suggested time limits within which all construction or specified stages of construction, or both, shall be started or completed.

(1981 Code, App. A) (Ord. 624, Art. X, § 4, passed 2-25-1975)

   (A)   After the City Commission has approved preliminary plans with the changes and conditions and safeguards as the City Commission may have included in the amendment, the official zoning district map shall be amended to designate as a zoning classification of the PUD district the tract covered by the preliminary development plan.

   (B)   The applicant shall prepare a final development plan to be followed in construction operations and submit it to the Planning Commission for approval, together with final drafts of all agreements, contracts, deed restrictions, and other legal instruments pertinent to the implementation of the development plan. The final development plan may be submitted separately for the first and each successive stage of development.

   (C)   The final development plan (or successive stages thereof), as approved, becomes the final plat and the basis for issuance of building permits and for acceptance of public dedications.

(1981 Code, App. A) (Ord. 624, Art. X, § 5, passed 2-25-1975; Am. Ord. 699, passed 6-8-1982)