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PD-1 Planned Development

PD-1 Planned Development 1.
The purpose of the PD-1 district is to provide areas of the County of not less than one hundred fifty (150) nor more than five hundred (500) 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 are  available or planned and where transportation systems are adequate.

(a) Uses permitted by right:
Accessory dwellings.
Atrium house dwellings.
Bakeries.
Banks/lending institutions.
Barber/beauty shops.
Commercial apartments.
Community uses.
Convenience center.
Convenience store.
Dance studios.
Drug stores.
Dry cleaners/laundries.
Duplex dwellings.
Florists.
General office uses.
Gift/antique shops.
Group family day care home.
Home occupation.
Lot-line dwellings.
Medical/dental offices.
Multi-family dwellings.
Parks and playgrounds.
Patio house dwellings.
Places of worship.
Professional offices.
Public facilities/utilities.*
Public Works Excluding wastewater treatment facilities.
Recreational facilities.
Restaurants without drive through.
Schools.
Schools,vocational.
Single-family dwellings.
Small family day care home.
Townhouse dwellings.
Village house dwellings.
Weak-link townhouse dwellings.

(b) Conditional use permit:
Adult day care center.
Assisted living facility.
Clubs/lodges/fraternal organizations.
Child care centers. 
Dwellings for watchmen or caretaker on premises.
Low intensity commercial retail uses not otherwise listed.
Medical/dental clinics.
Public Facility/Utility.**
Restaurants with drive through.
Retail food stores greater than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
Retirement housing.
Theaters.
Vehicle fuel sales.
 
(c) Special exception:
Home business.

 
*- 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.

(d) Requirements:
(1) Intensity:
Allocated density..........7.0 du/ac
Maximum floor area (nonresidential)..........0.45 ratio
Open space ratio..........0.25 ratio

TABLE INSET:  

(2) Minimum yards
(in feet)  

Single-
family  

Duplex*  

Town-
house  

Multi-
family**  

Com-
mercial***  

Lot-line ****  

Atrium  

Village  

Patio  

Weak-link Townhouse  

Front  

20  

20  

8  

15  

40  

20  

8  

15  

12  

15  

Side  

10  

3/15

15   

15  

0/15  

5/20   

0  

3  

0  

0  

Rear

35  

35  

25  

20  

12/35  

30  

0  

25  

0  

24  

(3) Maximum height (in feet)  

35  

35  

40  

45  

45  

35  

18  

35  

35  

28  

(4) Minimum lot width (in feet)  

80  

45  

20  

--  

--  

70  

50  

60  

50  

36  

(5) Minimum lot size (in sq. ft.)  

--  

--  

--  

--  

--  

7,000  

4,000  

6,000  

5,000  
3,600  


*For duplex structures, the minimum required side yard setback is three (3) feet, and the minimum required distance between structures is fifteen (15) feet.
**For multifamily structures, the minimum setback is thirty-five (35) feet from any public right-of-way and thirty (30) feet from any other structure.
***For commercial uses adjacent to nonresidential uses, the minimum required side yard setback is zero (0) feet and the minimum required rear yard setback is twelve (12) feet. For commercial uses adjacent to residential use, the minimum required side yard setback is fifteen (15) feet and the minimum required rear yard setback is thirty-five (35) feet.
****For lot line dwellings, the minimum width of any individual side yard is five (5) feet, and the minimum total width between structures is twenty (20) 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. 000-41, 8-8-00; Ord. No. 003-29, 6-17-03)














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