It is the intent of the PUD District to provide
greater flexibility and opportunity for the development of mixed uses
in specific areas of the Town. Innovative design and creative use
mixes are encouraged to offer the potential for a sustainable development
that can provide the economic, residential and services base consistent
with the objective of the Lockport Master Plan. In addition, the PUD
District is intended to encourage imaginative ways of accommodating
environment and conservation into the development plan to strike a
balance of physical features, environmental responsibility and development
opportunity.
A requisite of the district is the planning
of the entire site of integrated uses (human, physical and environmental)
to redefine land use concepts into a consolidated coordinated group
that offers new approaches to community development. Therefore, instead
of traditional zoning and subdivision requirements and standard development
review procedures, this article establishes new procedures for the
review and consideration of a proposal as a planned unit development.
An application for any development under the PUD District must promote
and adhere to the following objectives:
A. Present a more varied choice of the type and nature
of environment, tenure, types and costs of housing, commercial uses,
economic opportunities and/or recreation and community facilities
than otherwise exists in the Town;
B. Offer an efficient and economic arrangement of land
uses, traffic circulation, utilities, open space and services that
economizes the cost and maintenance of the development;
C. Incorporate uses and facilities that consolidate infrastructure
and ancillary services to encourage self-sufficiency of the ultimate
development;
D. Integrate the comprehensive design of stormwater management,
drainage, flood control and open space into the development plans;
E. Provide for the safe and adequate conveyance of trucks,
automobiles, pedestrians and bicyclists as part of the travel system;
F. Extend and enhance the usable recreation and open
space in the community via size, location, diversity and suitability
for use;
G. Preserve the physical features of the area, including
the natural topography, soils, woodlands, vegetation, marshlands,
floodplains and geologic features of the landscape;
H. Offer a creative use of land use and existing natural
elements to provide an orderly transition from adjacent area uses
to the proposed development and, where such a transition cannot be
fulfilled, incorporate buffering and landscaping to enhance this transition;
I. Achieve a balance of natural and developmental elements
to complement the surrounding environment and provide a succession
of land uses within the development area;
J. Provide a consistent and unified architectural design
theme or concept for the site and its elements to produce a cohesive
visual appearance throughout the development; and
K. Create a more desirable development atmosphere than
would be possible through the strict application of other sections
of this Zoning Law.
Subject to the power of the Town Board to establish
different standards as part of a development plan approval, dimensional
and development requirements shall be as follows:
A. Area. The minimum area designated for the use of the
PUD District shall be 10 acres.
B. Lot size. The minimum lot size designated for any
eligible use shall generally be as required for the district in which
the use is allowed. Cluster developments shall be allowed, as regulated
by this chapter. The Town Board may allow dimensional deviation where
it determines that the deviation will improve the development plan.
C. Height. The maximum height of any structure shall
be as regulated in the use district in which the use is allowed, provided
that in no case shall a tower be over 125 feet.
D. Landscape and open space. In addition to other density,
open space, setback and yard requirements, there shall be a minimum
of 25% open space for the entire development, which may be composed
of natural features, stormwater management, recreation. Building or
use separation areas and other areas not connected with developmental
activity (roads, parking, drives, utility facilities and community
facilities) are excluded from use as open space. Such areas may be
left in a natural state or landscaped for aesthetics or functional
use. Landscaped and open space areas shall be designed to coordinate
development uses, buffer dissimilar uses, protect natural and environmental
features, separate buildings, prevent erosion and accommodate drainage,
insure proper light and ventilation around buildings and link development
elements. Where a PUD development plan incorporates a cluster development
in conformance with this chapter, the cluster development open space
requirements shall be in effect for that portion of the PUD development
as a cluster development.
E. Parking. Minimum parking for each use shall be as
required for that individual activity in districts in which it is
authorized, and shall conform to the parking requirements of this
chapter.
F. Use limitations. The following uses shall not be allowed:
(1) Uses requiring heavy stamp forging, presses over forty
ton capacity or manufacturing equipment that produces earth jarring
vibration or noise beyond the structure within which the use is contained.
(2) The storage, sale, distribution or use of hazardous
materials or their by-products other than retail hardware store or
grocery store items; the storage of any material which would increase
the risk of fire hazard to adjoining buildings.
(3) Any use or process which would cause the emission
of noxious odors or gases beyond the building.
(4) Activities which produce smoke, fly ash, dust, dirt,
fumes or stack emissions, in excess of normal residential uses.
(5) Storage or sale of junk, refuse, trash, secondhand
materials or automobiles.
(6) Storage or use of fuels or flammable liquids in bulk
quantities.
(7) Uses that require idling of trucks or running of trucks
or exterior generators.
(8) Automobile or vehicle construction and farm equipment
sale or storage centers.
(9) Truck terminals and bus stations.
(10)
Automobile service and repair stations.
(12)
Industries employing in excess of 50 people.
Additional screening, decorative, parking, buffering,
landscaping, building design and material criteria may be required
by the Planning Board to maintain compatibility of any business or
industrial use and residential use in a PUD. Any arrangement uses
which are incompatible with each other shall not be allowed.