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120’ measured perpendicular to the street line of the street with the higher
average established grade.

17.23 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. [Cr. #094-6]

(1) INTENT AND PURPOSE. The intent of this section is to encourage and promote
improved environmental design in the development of land by allowing greater
freedom and flexibility than is possible under the precise and rigid requirements of
conventional zoning districts through the use of objective standards establishing
goals and criteria for judgment rather than the application of fixed formula. It will
permit diversification in the uses permitted and variation in the relationship of
uses, structures, open spaces and heights of structures in developments conceived
and implemented as comprehensive and cohesive unified projects, while still
requiring substantial compliance to the general plan of development and the
underlying zoning classification or classifications. Its purpose is to encourage
more imaginative site planning, to assist in achieving more rational and economic
development with relationship to public services, to permit optimum development
of land and to encourage and facilitate the conservation of open land and other
natural features such as woods, streams, wetlands, etc., as integral components of
a balanced ecology.

(2) MINIMUM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AREA. To qualify for consideration
as a planned development, the site shall be of sufficient size in relation to the
proposed uses to justify the application of the special regulations as in this section
and shall be under a single or unified ownership.

(3) PERMITTED USES. In a planned development, any use permitted by right in any
residential, commercial, mixed use, or industrial/business park district in this
chapter may be permitted, subject to the standards below. However, no use shall
be permitted except in conformity with a specific and precise development plan
approved under the procedural and regulatory provisions in this section and only
uses permitted in the underlying zoning classification or classifications which is or
are overlaid by the planned development district shall be permitted.

(4) STANDARDS.

(a) General. As a basis for determining the acceptability of a planned
development proposal, specific consideration shall be given to whether or
not it is consistent with the spirit and intent of the purposes of this section;
has been prepared with competent professional advice and guidance in
terms of planning, architecture and engineering; and produces significant
benefits in terms of improved environmental design. However, the

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