1580 S Shirk Rd, Visalia, CA 93277

Planned Development Zone-Rural-Residential District

In certain instances, the objectives of the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance are best achieved by the development of parcels of land in a coordinated and comprehensive fashion so as to take advantage of the superior environment which can result from large scale community planning and development. The purposes of the PD Zone are to: Provide for design flexibility in single-family, multi-family, commercial, professional, industrial and mixed-use developments.; Stimulate a more desirable living and working environment than would be permitted by the strict application of zoning regulations on a conventional individual-use or lot-by-lot method.; Encourage innovative and creative approaches to land use and development.; Provide the means to reduce development costs through the promotion of improved and integrated design and land planning techniques.; Conserve natural features and open space, while facilitating aesthetic and compatible land use patterns.; Implement general and specific plans which require a planned development approach; Provide an alternative means of achieving the purpose of Section 18.5 of this ordinance.