The purpose of the Planned Development District and the regulations
applicable to the same are to encourage and provide means for effecting
desirable and quality development by permitting greater flexibility
and design freedom than that permitted under the basic district regulations,
and to accomplish a well-balanced, aesthetically satisfying Village
and economically desirable development of building sites within a
Planned Development District. These regulations are established to
permit latitude in the development of the building site if such development
is found to be in accordance with the purpose, spirit and intent of
this chapter and is found not to be hazardous, harmful, offensive
or otherwise adverse to the environment, property values or the character
of the neighborhood or the health, safety and welfare of the community.
It is intended to permit and encourage diversification, variation
and imagination in the relationship of uses, structures, open spaces
and heights of structures for developments conceived and implemented
as comprehensive and cohesive unified projects. It is further intended
to encourage more rational and economic development with relationship
to public services, and to encourage and facilitate preservation of
open space and other natural features, such as woodlands, floodplains
and wetlands.
This section shall operate as a conditional use and as an alternative
to the permitted uses and regulations applicable to existing districts,
and shall be applicable only to those lands which are hereby and may
hereafter be zoned Planned Development by the Village Board. Basic
underlying zoning requirements for lands conditionally zoned as a
Planned Development District shall continue in full force and effect
and shall be solely applicable until such time as the Village Board
grants final approval as hereinafter provided.
As a basis for determining the acceptability of a Planned Development
proposal, the following criteria shall be applied to the development
plan with specific consideration as to whether or not it is consistent
with the spirit and intent of this chapter, has been prepared with
competent professional advice and guidance, and produces significant
benefits in terms of environmental design:
A. Character and intensity of land use. The uses proposed and their
intensity and arrangement on the site shall be a visual, aesthetic
and operational character which:
(1)
Is compatible to the physical nature of the site, with particular
concern for preservation of natural features, tree growth and open
space.
(2)
Would produce an attractive environment of sustained aesthetic
and ecologic desirability, economic stability and functional practicality
compatible with the general development plans for the area as established
by the community.
(3)
Would not adversely affect the anticipated provision for school,
sewer, water, snow removal, garbage pickup, fire protection or other
municipal services.
(4)
Would provide sufficient and accessible off-street parking and
loading facilities in the amounts specified in Part 500-1900, Off-Street
Parking Regulations.
B. Landscaping of parking areas. The parking site shall be planned to
provide a desirable transition from the streetscape and to provide
for adequate landscaping, pedestrian movement and parking areas. In
keeping with this purpose, the following design standards shall be
set forth:
(1)
Where natural or existing topographic features contributed to
the beauty and utility of a development, consideration shall be given
to this preservation. Modification to topographic features should
not only occur where it contributes to good appearance.
(2)
Plant material shall be selected for interest in its structure,
texture, color and for its ultimate growth. Further, it is recommended
that native materials be employed for their ability to tolerate the
prevailing adverse conditions.
(3)
In locations where plant materials will be susceptible to injury
by pedestrians and/or motor vehicles, appropriate curbs, tree guards
or other protective devices shall be employed.
(4)
Parking areas shall be arranged so as to prevent through traffic
to other parking areas.
(5)
Parking areas shall be screened from adjacent structures, roads
and traffic arteries with hedges, dense planting, earth berms, changes
in grade or walls, except where parking areas are designed as an intricate
part of the street.
(6)
No more than 20 parking spaces shall be permitted in a continuous
row without being interrupted by landscaping.
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(7)
All parking areas shall be adequately lighted. All such lighting
shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from adjoining residences.
(8)
All off-street loading and unloading areas shall be paved, and
the design thereof approved by the Plan Commission.
(9)
All parking areas and off-street loading and unloading areas
shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water
without erosion, flooding and other inconveniences.
C. Engineering design standards. The width of rights-of-way, width and
location of street or other paving, requirements for outdoor lighting,
location of sanitary and storm sewer and water lines and provision
for drainage and other similar environmental engineering considerations
shall be based upon a determination as to the appropriate standards
necessary to insure the public safety and welfare.
D. Preservation and maintenance of open space. Adequate provision shall
be made for the permanent preservation and maintenance of common "open
space" and rights-of-way either by private reservation or dedication
to the public.
(1)
In the case of private reservation, the open area to be reserved
shall be protected against building development by conveying to the
Village, as part of the conditions for project approval, an open space
easement over such open areas restricting the areas against any further
building or use, except as is consistent with that of providing landscaped
open space for the aesthetic and recreational satisfaction of the
surrounding residences. Buildings or uses for noncommercial recreational
or cultural purposes compatible with the open space objective may
be permitted only where specifically authorized as part of the development
plan, or subsequently with the express approval of the Village Board
following the recommendation of building, site and operational plans
by the Plan Commission.
(2)
In the case of roadways and other rights-of-way which are not
dedicated to the public, as part of the conditions for project approval,
there shall be granted to the Village such easements over the same
as may be necessary to enable the Village to provide suitable and
adequate fire protection, sanitary and storm sewer, water and other
required municipal services to the project area.
(3)
The care and maintenance of such open space reservations and
rights-of-way shall be assured, either by establishment of appropriate
management organization for the project or by agreement with the Village
for establishment of a special service district for the project area
on the basis of which the Village shall provide the necessary maintenance
service and levy the cost thereof as a special assessment on the tax
bills of properties within the project area. In any case, the Village
shall have the right to carry out and levy an assessment for the cost
of any maintenance which it feels necessary if it is not otherwise
taken care of to the satisfaction of the Village. The manner of assuring
maintenance and assessing such cost to individual properties shall
be determined prior to the approval of the final project plans and
shall be included in the title to each property.
(4)
Ownership and tax liability of private open space reservations
and rights-of-way shall be established in a manner acceptable to the
Village and made a part of the conditions of the plan approval.
E. Factors and requirements to be considered by the Plan Commission
and Village Board.
(7)
The site itself as it relates to neighborhood environment, compatibility
to existing neighborhood use, and general neighborhood characteristics;
(8)
Nature and use of the proposed structures and design, architecture
and materials to be used;
(9)
Highway access to the site, number of openings and location
of same;
(10)
Traffic generation, number of vehicles parked and rate of turnover
per hour;
(12)
Capacities required for sewer, water and other necessary utilities;
(13)
Educational capacity capabilities (number of families and school
load);
(14)
Economic impact on the Village, its inducements, attractions
and detractions;
(16)
Proposed methods and hours of operation;
(17)
Comparison of open space as required by the underlying basic
zones with that of the proposed project;
(19)
Commencement and completion dates;
(21)
Deed restrictions and sureties deemed necessary to protect the
health, safety and welfare of the community;
(22)
Such other limitations, conditions, or special requirements,
as may be deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare
of the Village.
F. Implementation schedule. The proponents of a planned development
shall submit a reasonable schedule for the implementation of the development
to the satisfaction of the Plan Commission and the Village Board,
including suitable provisions (and the Village may require the furnishing
of a suitable and sufficient performance bond) for assurance that
each phase could and should be brought to completion in a manner which
shall not result in adverse effect upon the community as a result
of termination at the end of any phase.