1. Purpose: Special purpose zoning districts are tools for dealing with unique uses or areas or accomplishing special planning and zoning goals.
2. Establishment: Except as otherwise expressly stated, special districts may be established, amended or removed only in accordance with the zoning map amendment procedures of 11-15-3.

1. Purpose and Intent: The PD, Planned Development district is established to accommodate development that would be difficult or impossible to carry out under otherwise applicable zoning ordinance. Different types of PDs will promote different planning goals. In general, however, all PDs are intended to result in development that is consistent with the village’s adopted plans and that provides greater public benefits than could be achieved using conventional zoning ordinance. PDs are also generally intended to promote one or more of the following:
   1. Variety in housing types and sizes to accommodate households of all ages, sizes, incomes and lifestyle choices;
   2. Compact, mixed-use development patterns where residential, business, employment, civic, and open space areas are located in close proximity to one another;
   3. A transportation network designed to accommodate safe and efficient motorized and non-motorized travel;
   4. Direct, safe and convenient non-motorized travel routes within the boundaries of the development site, as well as connections to abutting properties;
   5. Buildings and other improvements that by their arrangement, massing, design, character and site design elements establish a quality, livable environment;
   6. Sustainable development practices;
   7. Incorporation of open space amenities and natural resource features into the development design;
   8. Low-impact development (LID) and best management practices for managing stormwater; and
   9. Flexibility and creativity in responding to changing social, economic and market conditions.
2. Initiation of Amendment: Applications to establish an PD district or expand the boundaries of an existing PD district may be initiated only by the owner of the subject property.
3. Statement of Intent: Each PD application must include a written explanation describing how the proposed development meets the purpose and intent described in 11-6-2(A) and the supplemental review and approval criteria of 11-6-2(D)(2).
4. PD Approval Procedures:
   1. Overview of Required Approval Process:
      1. A property owner request for rezoning to the PD zoning district requires review and approval of a zoning map amendment (see 11-15-3), which is processed concurrently with a development plan (see 11-15-4).
      2. After approval of the zoning map amendment and development plan, site plan review and approval is required in accordance with the procedures of 11-15-4.
      3. No building permit may be issued, and no building or development may occur in a PD zoning district until a subdivision plat incorporating the provisions of the approved development plan has been approved and filed of record in the county clerk’s office.
   2. Supplemental Review and Approval Criteria: In making recommendations and decisions on PD district zoning map amendments, review and decision-making bodies must consider the zoning map amendment criteria of 11-15-3(H) and the following factors:
      1. Whether the proposed planned development is consistent with the comprehensive plan and any other adopted plans for the subject area;
      2. Whether the development plan complies with the PD district provisions of 11-6-2;
      3. Whether the development will result in public benefits that are equal to or greater than those that would have resulted from development under conventional zoning (non-PD) regulations; and
      4. Whether appropriate terms and conditions have been imposed on the approval to protect the interests of surrounding property owners and residents, existing and future residents of the PD and the general public.
   3. Subdivision Plats:
      1. The subdivision plat must be filed with the zoning board of appeals and processed in accordance with the subdivision regulations.
      2. In addition to the information and submittals required pursuant to the subdivision regulations, an PD district subdivision plat must include all covenants necessary to reasonably ensure continued compliance with the approved development plan. In order that the public interest may be protected, the Village of Summit must be made beneficiary of the covenants pertaining to such matters as location of uses, height of structure, setbacks, screening, and access. Such covenants must provide that the Village of Summit may enforce compliance of the covenants, and further provide that amendment of the covenants requires zoning board of appeals approval and the filing of record of a written amendment to covenants, endorsed by the zoning board of appeals.
   4. Issuance of Building Permits: Building permits may be issued only after the required subdivision plat is approved and filed of record in the county clerk’s office. Any permits issued must be in accordance with the approved plat incorporating the provisions of the approved development plan.
5. Abandonment: Abandonment of an approved PD requires that the property be rezoned to another zoning district in accordance with the zoning map amendment procedures of 11-15-3 or that a new PD be approved following the procedures of 11-6-2(D).
6. Use Regulations and Lot and Building Standards: The use regulations and lot and building standards that apply within an PD zoning district must be established at the time of development plan approval by the village board.
7. Other Development Standards: Unless otherwise expressly provided in the approved development plan, properties within the PD district are subject to all other applicable provisions of this zoning ordinance and the subdivision regulations. The PD district is expressly intended to accommodate the use of alternative standards for streets and other public improvements based on the approved development plans. The development plan must specify the deviations proposed from otherwise applicable public improvement standards if deviations from otherwise applicable standards are proposed.

Notes:
Entirely new; would replace existing “Special Planned Unit Developments” (Chapter 20).

1. Purpose: The P (Public and Institutional) district is intended to accommodate public, civic, and institutional uses, including parks and open spaces.
2. Mapping: The P zoning district designation may be applied regardless of ownership of the land on which the use is located. Land owned by a governmental or institutional entity but used for non-governmental service or non-institutional use may not be classified in the P district.
3. Allowed Uses: Principal uses are allowed in P districts in accordance with Table 7-1.
4. Lot and Building Regulations:
   1. Lot Area and Lot Width: There are no minimum lot area or lot width requirements in the P district.
   2. Principal Building Setbacks:
      1. Front and Street Side Setbacks: Minimum front and street side setbacks must comply with the contextual setback provisions of 11-19-8(E). Maximum front and street side setbacks may not exceed 150% of minimum setbacks.
      2. Interior Side Setbacks: No interior side setback is required except when the subject lot’s side lot line abuts an R district, in which case the interior side setback must equal at least 15% of the width of the subject lot.
      3. Rear Setbacks: No rear setback is required except when the subject lot’s rear lot line abuts an R district, in which case the rear setback must be at least 25 feet in depth.
   3. Building Coverage: The total area of the lot covered by principal and accessory buildings may not exceed 85% of the area of the subject lot.
   4. Building Height: No maximum building height regulation applies except on lots abutting R-zoned lots. Buildings on P-zoned lots that abut R-zoned lots may not exceed 45 feet in height, unless a great building height is approved through the special use approval procedure.
5. Other Regulations: Development in a P district is subject to all other applicable regulations of this zoning ordinance, including parking, landscaping, sign and other regulations of general applicability.