An authorized agency of the parish, state, or federal government, or the private owner or owners of any tract of land comprising an area of not less than ten (10) acres may submit to the planning and zoning commission a plan for the use and development of all the tract of land for residential and allied purposes.

(Ord. No. 483, § VI A, 10-8-01)

The development plan shall be referred to the planning and zoning commission for study and report and for public hearings. Notice and publication of such public hearings shall conform to the procedure prescribed in Article IX of this chapter. After consideration by the commission, these plans shall be submitted to the Vivian Board of Aldermen for consideration and action. The recommendations of the commission shall be accompanied by a report stating the reasons for its action. If the commission gives approval, it shall submit specific evidence and facts showing that the proposed planned unit development meets with the following conditions.

(1)

The property adjacent to the area included in the plan will not be adversely affected.

(2)

The plan is consistent with the intent and purpose of this chapter to promote public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.

(3)

The buildings shall be used only for single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, or multiple dwellings and the usual accessory uses such as private or storage garage, parking spaces, and for non-commercial community activities such as libraries, schools, and other similar uses.

(4)

A residential planned unit development for an area of not less than twenty (20) acres may be permitted to contain limited commercial uses to serve the development, provided that no commercial uses shall be permitted that are not permitted uses in the B-1, Buffer Business District, or B-2, Neighborhood Business District.

(5)

The average lot area per family contained in the site, exclusive of the area occupied by streets, will not be less than the lot area per family required in the district in which the development is located.

(Ord. No. 483, § VI B, 10-8-01)

If the Vivian Board of Aldermen approves such a plan, building permits and certificates of zoning compliance may be issued even though the use of land and the location and height of buildings to be erected in the area and the yards and open space contemplated by the plan do not conform in all respects to the district regulations of the district in which it is located.

(Ord. No. 483, § VI C, 10-8-01)