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Planned Development

PD-2 Planned Development 2.
The purpose of the PD-2 district is to provide areas of the County of not less than five hundred (500) nor more than eight hundred and fifty (850) acres which are suitable for a planned, mixed use development with a variety of housing types and commercial uses intended to serve the immediate community. This district should be located only where approved water and sewerage area available or planned and where transportation systems are adequate.

(a) Uses permitted by right:
Bakeries.
Banks.
Barber shops.
Commercial apartments.
Community uses.
Convenience center.
Convenience stores.
Dry cleaners/laundries.
Duplex dwellings.
Florists.
General office uses.
Gift/antique shops.
Group family day care home.
Home occupation.
Low intensity commercial retail.
Medical/dental offices.
Medium intensity commercial retail.
Multifamily dwellings.
Parks and playgrounds.
Places of worship.
Professional offices.
Public facilities/utilities. *
Public Works excluding wastewater treatment facilities.
Recreational facilities.
Restaurants without drive through facilities.
Retail food stores.
Schools.
Schools,vocational.
Single-family dwellings.
Small family day care home.
Townhouse dwellings.

(b) Conditional use permit:
Adult day care center.
Assisted living facility.
Automobile service centers.
Child care centers.
Clinics, medical or dental.
Clubs/lodges/fraternal organizations.
Congregate housing.
Dance halls.
Dwellings for watchmen or caretaker on premises.
Funeral homes.
High intensity commercial retail.
Hotels/motels.
Marinas.
Public Facility/Utility**
Recreational enterprises.
Restaurants with drive through.
Retail food stores greater than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
Retirement housing.
Theaters.
Vehicle fuel sales.

*- but not including generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities which are permitted as a conditional use permit.

**- for generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities (except for the expansion or modification to wastewater treatment facilities existing prior to October 17, 2006)


(c) Special exception:
Home business.
 
(d) Requirements:
(1) Intensity:
Allocated density..........3.25 du/ac
Maximum floor area ratio..........0.50 ratio
Open space ratio..........0.25 ratio



TABLE INSET:   

(2) Minimum yards (in feet)  

Single-
family * 

Duplex*  

Town-
house  

Multi-
family ** 

Commercial  

Front  

15  

15  

15  

15  

8  

Side  

0/10   

0/10  

0/30   

0/60   

0/15***  

Rear   

35  

35  

25  

0/60**  

12/35***  

(3) Maximum height (in feet)  

35  

35  

45  

45  

45  


*For single-family and duplex structures, the minimum required side yard setback is zero (0) feet, however, the minimum required distance between structures is ten (10) feet.
**For townhouses and multifamily structures, the minimum required side setback is zero (0) feet, however, the minimum required distance between structures is thirty (30) feet and sixty (60) feet respectively.
***For commercial uses adjacent to nonresidential use, the minimum required side setback is zero (0) feet and the minimum required rear yard setback is twelve (12) feet. For commercial uses adjacent to residential uses, the minimum required side yard setback is fifteen (15) feet and the minimum required rear yard setback is thirty-five (35) feet.
(Ord. No. 094-29, 8-9-94; Ord. No. 095-10, 3-7-95; Ord. No. 095-49, 6-20-95; Ord. No. 096-09, 2-6-96; Ord. No. 099-42, 7-13-99; Ord. No. 099-45, 8-17-99; Ord. No. O03-29, 6-17-03)










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