RPUD Ordinance Final Draft for Adoption

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B. Privately owned buildings to be used for recreation or social purposes, or for use as storage areas for maintenance equipment or rubbish. Subd. 5. Development Standards. Within the RPUD District all development shall be in compliance with the following: A. Minimum Area; Shoreland District Limitation.Each site proposed for rezoning to RPUD shall have a minimum area of five acres, excluding areas within a designated wetland, floodplain or shoreland district or right-of-way, unless the Council finds the existence of one of the following: 1. Unusual physical features of the property itself or of the surrounding neighborhood such that development as a RPUD will conserve a physical or topographic feature of importance to the neighborhood or community; 2. The property is directly adjacent to or across a public street from property which has been developed previously as a RPUD or planned residential development and will be perceived as and will function as an extension of that previously approved development; 3. The property is located in an area where the proposed development provides a transition between a commercial or industrial area and an existing residential area or on an intermediate or principal arterial as defined in the comprehensive plan; 4. The property contains steep slopes or a substantial number of significant trees that could be preserved through the clustering of buildings or other design techniques not generally allowed by the existing zoning district. No property located within 250 feet of the OHWL of a Protected Lake or Tributary as defined in the Shoreland Management section of the Orono Zoning Code shall be rezoned to RPUD. However, for a property that is partially located less than 250 feet from the OHWL and partially located more than 250 feet from the OHWL, the portion located more than 250' from the OHWL may be rezoned to RPUD at the discretion of the City Council when all other requirements are met. Page 3 of 22