§ 21.01. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.  


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  • Planned Center District developments may be permitted only after extensive review is performed and public hearings on the development plan are held by the Planning Commission and the City Council in accordance with the procedure set forth herein and subject to the following conditions.
    A. Basic land conditions.
    1. The minimum site area shall be 100 acres.
    2. The site area for computing all requirements shall consist of contiguous land under single ownership or control.
    3. A Planned Center District development shall be permitted to be located only upon property which has a minimum of 500 feet of frontage on each of a minimum of two roads with an existing or proposed right-of-way of 120 feet or greater, as indicated on the Master Road Plan.
    4. The proposed development(s) must be in basic accord with the intent of the Planned Center Development District.
    B. Uses permitted.
    1. All uses permitted as principal uses permitted, special land uses permitted subject to special conditions and Planning Commission approval and accessory uses permitted in the following districts, except as otherwise provided in this section: RM-1, RM-2 and RM-3, O-1, O-2 and O-3, C-2 and C-3. Rehabilitation centers, new and secondhand automobile, recreational vehicle, boat and mobile home dealers, rentals and leasing, mortuaries, equipment and tool rentals, fuel oil dealers, adult bookstores, adult video stores, adult motion picture theaters, cabarets, massage parlors, full and self service gasoline stations and self storage facilities shall be excluded.
    2. In multiple family districts, only multiple family dwelling units of the uses permitted in said district, in combination with permitted uses as desired in the other named districts, shall be permitted.
    3. All uses permitted as principal uses in the M-1 district shall be permitted, provided such use is identified and incorporated as part of the Comprehensive Development Plan on land which was zoned for M-1 or M-2 use immediately preceding its rezoning to Planned Center District.
    4. Additional uses upon review by the Planning Commission and approval by the City Council after a determination that one or more of the following conditions exist:
    a. That the use is related and reasonably necessary or convenient for the satisfactory and efficient operation of a complete and integrated planned center development;
    b. That the use is similar in character to one or more of the above permitted uses.
    5. Any uses which are permitted only as special land uses shall be permitted in the Planned Center District only after review and approval of the Planning Commission under Article 25 of this ordinance.
    6. Freestanding buildings and uses, apart from major building complex or elements, may be permitted after review of the Planning Commission and approval by the City Council following the finding that the form and location of the subject freestanding building or buildings and the land uses contained therein are reasonably necessary for the proper functioning of the planned center development.
    7. Once a planned center development is approved, any changes in the land use designated for particular areas of the PCD development upon which the approval was based must be submitted and reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council.
    8. In order to provide consistency and compatibility with the city Master Land Use Plan at least 55% of all land area (excluding public rights-of-way) contained in the planned center development shall be developed with primary uses, and upon completion of the development, at least 55% of the ground floor square footage of the development shall be developed with primary uses. For purposes of this section, PRIMARY USES shall mean uses permitted under the zoning classification of the property immediately prior to rezoning to the Planned Center District classification and uses compatible with existing developments surrounding the property.
    (Ord. No. 278-M, § 1, 6-21-94; Ord. No. 278-NN, § 8, 1-6-09)