§ 5.2101. Purpose.

This is a zoning district that may be developed only in accordance with a specific development plan. The approved development plan is an integral part of this zoning district and all development shall comply with said plan. The planned community district is designed and intended to enable and encourage the development of large tracts of land which are under unified ownership or control, or lands which by reason of existing or planned land uses are appropriate for development under this section, so as to achieve land development patterns which will maintain and enhance the physical, social and economic values of an area.

To this end, there may be provided within such areas a combination of land uses, including a variety of residential types, commercial, industrial, public and semi-public areas, arranged and designed in accordance with modern land planning principles and development techniques; and in such a manner as to be properly related to each other, the surrounding community, the planned thoroughfare system, and other public facilities such as water and sewer systems, parks, schools and utilities.

The planned community district and procedure are further established to provide a land developer with reasonable assurance that specific uses proposed from time to time, if in accordance with an approved development plan, will be acceptable to the city; and to provide the City Planning Commission and the City Council with a long-term proposal for the development of a given area.

(Ord. No. 3258, § 1, 10-5-99)