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DRAFT COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE <br />Subd. 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Commercial Planned Unit Development (CPUD) <br />district is to offer an alternative zone to development or redevelopment of properties located in <br />commercial zoning districts in the City of Orono. The CPUD is to allow alternatives to the <br />restrictions made mandatory in the commercial districts in such a manner that more efficient <br />means of providing off-street parking, thoroughfare access, separation of vehicular and <br />pedestrian traffic, stabilization of contiguous property values, buffering of adjacent non ­ <br />commercial areas, and other general and pertinent planning considerations may be developed and <br />utilized. <br />Deviation from the definitive and precise requirements of individual commercial zoning districts <br />within the community can be considered, and conditionally allowed as a CPUD if the Council <br />finds the particular areas to be developed can offer greater value to the community and meet the <br />intent of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />The CPUD district will encourage the following: <br />A. flexibility in land development and redevelopment in order to utilize new techniques of <br />building design, construction and land development; <br />B. energy conservation through the use of more efficient building designs and sitings and <br />the clustering of buildings; <br />C. preservation of desirable site characteristics and open space and protection of sensitive <br />environmental features, including steep slopes, poor soils, wetlands and trees;