A.
From time to time, Planned Development Districts may be established in the Village and designed at specific locations on the Zoning Map. The purpose for establishing such districts is to allow compatible development of a variety of uses (e.g., residential, commercial, recreational, historic, etc.) to exist and vary from the strict application of this chapter's regulations.
B.
It is the intent of this article to provide flexible land use and design regulations through the use of performance criteria so that small-to-large scale neighborhoods or portions thereof may be developed within the Village. These may incorporate a variety of residential and nonresidential uses; containing both individual building sites and common property which are planned and developed as a unit. This article specifically encourages innovations in residential development so that the growing demands for housing at all levels may be met by greater variety in type, design, and siting of dwellings and by the more efficient use of land in such developments. Planned developments do not require mix of residential and nonresidential uses to be considered for Planned Development District status.
C.
This Article recognizes that while the standard zoning functions, (use, bulk and area) are appropriate for the regulation of land use in some areas or neighborhoods, these controls represent a type of regulatory strictness which may be detrimental to the innovative techniques of quality land development contained in the Planned Development District concept. Further, this article recognizes that a rigid set of space requirements along with area and use specifications would frustrate the application of this concept. Thus, where PDD techniques are deemed appropriate through the rezoning of land to a Planned Development District by the Village Board, the set of use and dimensional specifications found elsewhere in this chapter are herein replaced by an approval process based upon the performance criteria outlined in Article VII, Site Plan Review, and as prescribed by the Village Planning Board.