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¥ <br />to permit the 62-unit apartment complex to provide an alternative housing type that was not currently <br />available in Orono. <br />Advantages <br />Planned Unit Developments approve an individual site plan with individual performance standards <br />written into the final development document. The advantage rezoning a property to PUD is the <br />approval is subject to the final development site plan. If the project is not completed the property <br />would revert to the pre-existing zoning district or be changed to match the guided use of the property <br />as defined in the Comprehensive Plan. <br />If a property were rezoned to another “B” zoning district and the development proposed for that site <br />was never completed, the City of Orono would have little control over a new site plan on the <br />property that met the requirements of the district. <br />PUDs are widely used in other communities. The one item they have in common is the ability to <br />provide greater flexibility in neighborhood development or non-residential areas than what can be <br />done under a conventional zoning district. <br />Some cities define each type of PUD district (residential, commercial, industrial) separately and <br />some group all under one ordinance. Orono would have separate ordinances for each use. Orono ’s <br />Municipal does not have sections that stand alone that define standards for items such as landscaping <br />and screening. The RPUD district has listed standards within the district for these items. The <br />proposed CPUD ordinance has also used the standards that are listed and defined within the RPUD <br />inilXQlculljiJhlli—ffliJirjirr <br />Proposed CPUD Standards <br />The proposed ordinance lists the following as general standards all developments that would request <br />a rezoning to CPUD. Please note the following are suggested standards that can be amended if the <br />Planning Commission recommends <br />1. A CPUD can only be considered for properties guided for commercial use by the <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />2. CPUD could not be used for properties within the B-2 district. The B-2 district is established <br />for marinas. <br />3. Properties are subject to site coverage requirements and allowed hardcover. <br />4. Within the CPUD district the setback for all buildings shall be 35 ’ to any residentially zoned <br />propert}. building setbacks to property lines not zoned for residential use shall be determined as <br />appropriate by the City Council based on the use of the property, use of adjacent properties, and <br />development patterns of adjacent properties. The setback for parking shall be 20 feet to street <br />property lines and 35 ’ to property lines adjacent to residentially zoned property. The City Council <br />shall make a determination regarding the adequacy of screening proposed by the applicant. <br />5. The building height limit of the underlying zoning district shall apply.