The city council may grant a special permit for a PUD in the following Districts: RC2, HB, PDD1, PDD2, and TED. The special permit shall conform to this title and to Chapter 40A, Section 9, General Laws, and to regulation which the council shall adopt for carrying out its requirements under this title.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(1); C.O. 83-508B § 1; C.O. 85-4A § 36; C.O. 87-661 § 12; C.O. 97-105 § 38; C.O. 17-284/CZ-17-04, § 23, 9/11/2017)
With the adoption of the ordinance from which this title derives the city council designates a project review board to review each proposed PUD. The project review board shall consist of the city engineer, the building inspector, city planner, health agent and superintendent of public works.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(2))
The purpose of the PUD district is to provide for a mixture of land usage within the city at greater density and intensity than would normally be allowed, provided that the land usage can be shown to be in the public good and:
A. 
Will improve and/or reinforce the livability and aesthetic qualities of the surrounding neighborhood and/or environment;
B. 
Is consistent with the objectives of this title;
C. 
Promotes the development of housing in Revere;
D. 
Preserve, promote and encourage use of public and private open space.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(3))
Prior to the submission of an application for a special permit, the applicant must confer with the project review board to obtain information and guidance before entering into binding commitments or incurring substantial expense in the preparation of plans, surveys and other data.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(4)(a))
The applicant shall file a preliminary plan accompanied by the form entitled "Submission of Preliminary Plan Planned Unit Development" to the project review board at regularly scheduled meeting. A copy of the preliminary plan and the form described in this section shall also be filed in the city clerk's office. A certified check, in the amount of the fee described in Table I of this revision, made out to the city, shall accompany the submission of the preliminary plan. The project review board, within twenty days from receipt of the plan, shall review and determine whether the proposed project is consistent with the development of the city. The project review board may suggest modifications and changes to the preliminary plan in anticipation of the filing of the final plan. If the board fails to act within twenty days, the applicant may proceed to file a final plan.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(4)(b)(part); C.O. 83-52 § 75 (part))
The contents of a preliminary plan for a planned unit development shall be:
A. 
PUD boundaries, north arrow, date, scale, legend and title ("Preliminary Plan: Planned Unit Development"), the name or names of applicants and engineer or designer;
B. 
Names of all abutters, land uses and approximate location and width of all adjacent streets;
C. 
Show the existing and proposed lines of streets, ways, easements and of any public areas within or next to the PUD;
D. 
The approximate boundary lines of existing and proposed lots with approximate areas and dimensions;
E. 
Indicate the proposed system of drainage, including adjacent, existing natural waterways and the topography of the land;
F. 
Show the existing and proposed buildings, significant structures and proposed open space on the project site, and to include adjacent buildings and their actual use;
G. 
An analysis of the natural features of the site, including wetlands, floodplains, slopes over ten percent, soil conditions and other features requested by the project review board or required by the regulations of the board;
H. 
A description of the neighborhood in which the tract lies, including utilities and other public facilities and the general impact of the proposed PUD upon them;
I. 
A summary of environmental concerns relating to the PUD.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(5))
A. 
The applicant shall submit an application for a special permit accompanied by the original final plans, plus six copies, to the city clerk.
B. 
The city clerk shall transmit the original and four copies of the final plans to the project review board.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(6)(a), (b))
A. 
Within thirty-five days of the receipt of the final plan from the city clerk, the project review board shall submit it to the council, accompanied by the written recommendations, in a report discussing the feasibility of the project and its consistency with the purposes put forth in Section 17.20.030.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(6)(c))
A. 
The council, upon receipt of the report of the project review board, but in any case within sixty-five days of the filing of the final plan, shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be published in a local newspaper once in each of two successive weeks, with the first publication to be not less than fourteen days before the date of the hearing, and shall be mailed to "parties of interest" as defined in Chapter 40A, Section 11, General Laws, and to any other property owners deemed by the project review board to be affected thereby. Notice shall be given by certified mail by the city clerk. The petitioner shall be responsible for all costs associated with the certified mail notification.
B. 
The council shall, within ninety days following the public hearing, certify in writing that the application is approved as submitted, approved subject to modifications, or denied. If the council fails to issue its findings within ninety days, the special permit shall be deemed approved. However, no building permit shall be issued until the plan, signed by the city clerk, is recorded in the registry of deeds.
C. 
Approval of a special permit for a PUD shall require a two-thirds vote of the council.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(6)(d)—(f); C.O. 85-4A § 16(K))
If the special permit is denied, the developer shall not submit substantially the same petition for two years, except as provided under Chapter 40A, Section 16, General Laws.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(6)(g))
Special permits granted under this chapter shall lapse within two years, excluding the time required to pursue or await the determination of an appeal from the grant thereof, if a substantial use has not commenced sooner or if construction has not started. The council may grant an extension, after a due process hearing, for good cause, and shall grant an extension if delay has been caused by the need to seek other permits.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(6)(h))
No construction or reconstruction except as shown on the recorded plan shall occur without a further submission of plans to the council, and a notation to this effect shall appear upon the recorded plan and upon any deeds to any property within the PUD.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(6)(i))
The application for a special permit and a site plan review shall be accompanied by the original copy of the final plan and six copies, and any other data to be submitted, and shall contain the following data:
A. 
It shall be drawn at a scale of one inch equals forty feet, unless another scale is requested and found suitable by the engineering department;
B. 
A professional engineer, registered architect or registered landscape architect shall prepare the site plan;
C. 
The plan shall be stamped by the registered land surveyor who performed the boundary survey and who shall certify the accuracy of the location of the buildings, setbacks and all other required dimensions, elevations and measurements and shall be signed under the penalties of perjury;
D. 
A utilities and drainage plan shall be prepared by a professional engineer;
E. 
The scale, date and north arrow shall be shown;
F. 
Lot number, dimensions of lot in feet, size of lot in square feet, and width of abutting streets and ways;
G. 
Easements within the lot and abutting thereon;
H. 
The location of existing or proposed buildings on the lot shall be prepared by a registered architect to include the total square footage and dimensions of all buildings, all building elevations and floor plans, and perspective renderings. Further, the depiction of materials and colors to be used shall be required;
I. 
The location of existing wetlands, water bodies, wells, one-hundred-year floodplain elevation and other natural features requested by the planning board;
J. 
The distance of existing and proposed buildings from the lot lines and the distance between buildings on the same lot;
K. 
Percent of building lot coverage;
L. 
Average finished grade of each building (see definition);
M. 
The elevation above average finished grade of the floor and ceiling of the lowest floor of each building;
N. 
Existing and proposed topographical lines at two-foot intervals;
O. 
The use designation of each building or part there of, and of each section of open ground, plaza or usable roof space;
P. 
Numbering of parking spaces;
Q. 
Height of all buildings, above average finished grade of abutting streets;
R. 
A landscape plan to include the total square feet of all landscape and recreation areas, and depiction of material to be used, and the quantity, size and species of plantings;
S. 
Deed or other recorded instrument that shows the applicant to be the owner under option of the land to be designated as a PUD;
T. 
The applicant shall provide, for subsections G, I, J, K, L, O and P of this section, graphic and/or narrative descriptions of the differences, if any, that would occur if the site were not to be developed with a special permit under this chapter.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(7))
The plan shall be subject to the following conditions and the council, with the advice of the project review board, shall make a determination that the project meets all the requirements of Chapter 40A, Section 9, General Laws, and all of the following conditions:
A. 
The PUD is consistent with the purposes set out in Section 17.20.030;
B. 
The PUD has been reviewed by the project review board and approved by the council as to its design and architectural consistency. Further, the council shall consider and make recommendation regarding, among other things, the architectural value and significance of the site, building or structure, the general design, arrangement and texture, material and color of the features involved and the relation of such features to similar features of buildings and structures in the surrounding area. In the case of new construction or additions to existing buildings or structures, the council shall consider the appropriateness of the size and shape of the buildings or structure both in relation to the land area upon which the building or structure is situated and to the buildings or structures in the vicinity. Further, the council may, in appropriate cases, impose dimensional and setback requirements in addition to those required by this title. The council shall not consider interior arrangements or architectural features not subject to public view.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(8))
In a PUD, the following uses are permitted:
A. 
Residential: apartments, only on floors above the ground floor;
B. 
Business, only within the first three floors:
1. 
Restaurants, excluding fast-food restaurants,
2. 
Theaters,
3. 
General retail sales and services, excluding medical and dental laboratories, medical or dental centers, and medical and dental offices;
C. 
Expansion of buildings or rehabilitation of existing interiors:
1. 
Special permits can be granted to PUD projects that are essentially an expansion of the existing building, if the expansion will at least double the existing gross square footage (excluding basements); and if the project meets all parking and site plan criteria required by the council,
2. 
Special permits can be granted to PUD projects that are essentially a major renovation of an existing building if the major renovation involves one hundred percent of the gross floor area, excluding basements; and if the project meets all parking and site plan criteria required by the council,
3. 
The council may reduce the required renovation percentage if it can be shown that the one hundred percent requirement would endanger historically significant interior space.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(9); C.O. 83-508B § 2; C.O. 85-4A § 36 (part); C.O. 90-37D (part))
For both new construction and expansion, there shall be a minimum twenty-five-thousand-square-foot requirement for PUD's. All portions of the project area must be zoned as GB, CB, RC, RC1, RC2, RC3, HB, PDD1, PDD2, NB, TED, LI and IP.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(10); C.O. 83-508B § 3; C.O. 85-4A § 36 (part); C.O. 90-37D (part); C.O. 97-105 § 39)
A. 
The part or parts of land or structure within a PUD which are reserved for permanent active or passive recreation use. This space shall exclude parking areas but include required setbacks, waterways, walkways, and be open and unobstructed to the sky. Trees, plantings, arbors, flagpoles, sculpture, fountains, swimming pools, atriums, open-air recreational facilities and similar objects shall not be considered "obstruction."
B. 
In all PUD's that are new construction, at least ten percent of the land shall be set aside as permanent usable open space, for the use of the PUD residents, or for all PUD users, or for the community. The required open space shall, at the opinion of the council, be conveyed to the conservation commission or to a nonprofit conservation organization, or to a corporation or trust representing persons responsible for the PUD and shall be protected by a conservation restriction as required by Chapter 40A, Section 9, General Laws, for common open space in cluster developments. A covenant shall be placed on the land such that no part of the PUD can be built, sold or occupied until such time as a satisfactory written agreement has been executed for protection of the open space.
C. 
Open space requirements do not apply for PUD use projects which are expansions of existing buildings or are major internal renovations. It shall be the objective of this title in cases where private open space has been traditionally utilized by the public and where the public has been allowed to use the area as open space by the owner or owners of the building, that open space should not be included as part of the building expansion and is subject under this section of the bylaw. This section shall not apply to playgrounds so called.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(10)(b); C.O. 83-508B § 4)
Insofar as the PUD abuts a residential district, all structures and facilities within the PUD shall be set back not less than twenty feet from adjacent residential property lines.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(10)(c); C.O. 83-508B § 5; C.O. 85-4A § 36 (part); C.O. 90-37D (part))
No building in the PUD shall exceed one hundred feet in height above the mean finished grade of abutting properties for site areas containing between twenty-five thousand square feet and six hundred and fifty-three thousand square feet. No building in the PUD shall exceed two hundred feet in height above the mean finished grade of abutting properties for site areas containing over six hundred and fifty-four thousand square feet.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(10)(d); C.O. 87-32 § 1)
A. 
In all PUD projects, adequate off-street parking shall be provided for all vehicles normally visiting the property at any one time. The parking may be ground level, underground or in a garage structure. Parking shall be provided at the following rates, unless otherwise permitted by the council, for the different types of use within the PUD project on land in the same ownership or on a separate parcel, provided that the parking space is within one hundred feet of the building's principal entrance which fronts on a public right-of-way. The determination of the distance from the principal entrance of the building to the potential parking lot shall be the responsibility of the building inspector who shall apply the one-hundred-foot criteria in a straight-line method. An agreement shall be recorded dedicating the parcel to parking use for the reasonable life of the building:
Use
Minimum Spaces Required
Apartments, condominiums
2 spaces per unit
All commercial and business activities
1 space per 1,200 sq. ft. of floor space or fraction thereof
Theaters, restaurants or places of public assembly
1 space for every 4 seats
B. 
The design standards for off-street parking shall be eight and one-half feet by seventeen feet for angle parking and seven and one-half by twenty feet for parallel parking.
C. 
The off-street loading requirements for all uses located in a PUD shall comply with this title, or as otherwise approved by the council.
(C.O. 83-3 § 17-5(X)(11); C.O. 83-508B § 6; C.O. 87-136B § 2; C.O. § 87-340 § 2; C.O. 88-49 § 17(B))