Buffer Area A, as defined in §
350-27B(1) of this chapter, shall be provided along all property lines on the perimeter of a planned residential development.
Council shall grant tentative approval if, and only if, all
applicable requirements of this article are met and all of the following
criteria are met:
A. The proposed application for tentative approval complies with all
standards, restrictions, criteria, requirements, regulations and procedures
of this chapter, preserves the community development objectives of
this chapter; and is found by Council to be compatible with the public
interest and consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
B. Where the proposed application for tentative approval provides standards
which vary from this chapter and the Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance otherwise applicable to the subject property, such departure
shall promote protection of the environment, and public health, safety
and welfare and shall be in the public interest.
C. The proposals for the maintenance and conservation of any proposed
common open space are reliable and meet the standards of this chapter
and the amount and extent of improvements within the common open space
are appropriate with respect to the purpose, use and type of the residential
development proposed.
D. The physical design of the proposed development plan adequately provides
for public services, traffic facilities and parking, light, air, recreation
and visual enjoyment.
E. The proposed development plan is beneficially related to the immediate
area in which it is proposed to be located.
F. The proposed development plan will afford adequate protection of
natural watercourses, wetlands, topsoil, woodlands, steep slopes and
other natural features and will prevent erosion, landslides, siltation
and flooding.
G. In the case of a development plan which proposes development over
a period of years, the terms and conditions thereof are sufficient
to protect the interests of the public and of the residents of the
planned residential development in the integrity of the final development
plan.