General purpose and description.

To allow greater flexibility for development of certain tracts of land in the city, within a residential planned unit development district (RPUD-1) the developer may develop both single-family and multifamily residential uses under the regulations listed hereinafter:

1.

Any use permitted in the R-2, multiple family district, with the following restrictions:

(a)

Before an owner of property in the city applies for RPUD-1 designation for any property, a preliminary concept plan shall be submitted to the planning director along with a rezoning request. After preliminary review by the city staff, a public hearing shall be conducted by the municipal planning board on the rezoning request. A recommendation by the planning board on the rezoning request and concept plan shall be submitted to the mayor and council for approval at the next available meeting which shall be a public hearing.

Upon of approval of the rezoning, a preliminary master plan shall be submitted to the planning board for review. Said preliminary master plan shall generally conform to the technical requirements of a preliminary plat as described in the subdivision regulations and shall designate the specific residential use of each area to be developed. Within thirty (30) days of the planning board review a report of its recommendation concerning the preliminary master plan shall be forwarded to the mayor and council for approval at the next available meeting.

(b)

To be considered for designation as an RPUD-1 district, a development must be at least fifty (50) acres in overall size.

(c)

Not less than ten (10) percent of the total area within the development shall be set aside as permanently open, undeveloped land. It is the intent of this ordinance that such open areas will be adequate to act as buffers between areas of differing use or density within a development in this district.

(d)

Areas identified on the master plan for a residential planned unit development as "open," or "undeveloped" shall remain undeveloped in a natural state permanently, although nothing in this section shall prevent the owner from planting additional trees and shrubbery as needed to create an effective buffer or removing injurious growth to maintain the areas. Maintenance of "open" or "undeveloped" areas shall be solely the responsibility of the owner and not the city.

(e)

All lots within the district shall have a required front yard not less than fifteen (15) feet, a rear yard not less than twenty (20) feet and a side yard not less than five (5) feet.

(f)

No subdivision plat will be considered for approval in an RPUD-1 zone unless the preliminary master plan has been approved by the mayor and council for the entire property to be developed. For every area to be developed within a single residential planned unit development the owner shall submit a preliminary plat for consideration by the municipal planning board. These plats will be evaluated based on their conformity to the city's subdivision regulations, conformity to the preliminary master plan as submitted and approved, the need for such development in the city and the adequacy of utilities and improvements to be provided. Upon approval of a final plat for the last area to be developed, the preliminary master plan will become the final master plan for the residential planned unit development.

(g)

Significant changes to the master plan must be approved by the mayor and council after a public hearing. Examples of significant changes are an increase in the total number of individual housing units to be developed, a decrease in the amount of land held as "open" areas, or changes in the locations of streets that will affect traffic flow through the development.

2.

Area and dimensional regulations. Requirements will be based on the development scheme. All area and dimensional requirements shall be approved during the preliminary master plan review.

3.

Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in section 18.

4.

Accessory buildings, structures and uses. Accessory buildings, structures and uses are permitted in the RPUD-1 district with the conditions set forth in section 20.

5.

Recreation facilities. All residential uses shall follow the requirements outlined in section 4.11(a), (b).

(Ord. No. 2007-10, 3-12-07)