Subdividers Ordinance

PAD PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PAD .01 INTENT and DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT This district intends to encourage innovation and flexibility in planning the development of land so that development is compatible with the site’s physical and environmental characteristics. This district allows for flexibility in zone district requirements. The PAD district provides an opportunity for the development of a mixture of uses and housing types in a coordinated manner. The underlying zone district will guide the development. It is incumbent upon the applicant proposing the PAD to justify the project. As such, any alteration from the standard zone regulations and or design standards must be listed and accompanied with explanation of the compensating benefit derived from permitting such alteration and or change shall be provided with the application. PAD .02 PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED Any residential use is a permitted use and is governed by density, design, and other requirements of the PAD permit. A PAD may be allowed by council approval in any zoning district; however, no PAD permit may be granted unless the development conforms with the use limitations of the zoning district in which it is located. The density and other limitations of the underlying district must be followed except that those limitations may be lawfully modified as provided by this Ordinance. PAD ACCESSORY AND TEMPORARY USES & STRUCTURES. Accesory and temporary uses .03 or structures are allowed according to the provisions of Section 9.05 and Section 9.21. PAD SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES A PAD that will contain uses not permitted in the zoning .04 district in which it is to be located will require a change of zoning and must be accompanied by an application for a zoning amendment. A re-zoning request may be made concurrently with a PAD application as long as the request was notated with application. . PAD AREA REQUIREMENTS 05. A. A PAD must have no less than five acres. Any land counted toward subdivision green space requirements may not be counted as a part of the PAD. The following exception are made: 1) any PAD application on file with the City at or prior to the date that this ordinance is passed; or 2) any PAD application that has received final plat acceptance by the City prior to or at the time of the passage of this ordinance . B. The P&Z and City Council must require any arrangements of structures and open spaces within the site development plan necessary to ensure that adjacent properties will not be harmed. 1. Density. Density of land use intensity must in no case be more than 25% higher than allowed in the zoning district, except not more than 10% higher in residential districts. 2. Arrangement. Where feasible, the least height and density of buildings and uses must be arranged around the boundaries of the development. 3. Specific regulations. Lot area, width, yard, height, density and coverage regulations willl be determined by approval of the site plan. 4. Open spaces. Preservation, maintenance, and ownership of required open spaces within the development must be accomplished by either: a. Dedication of land as a public park or parkway system; or 103 Adopted November 14, 2007