7089 Appletree Loop, Colorado Springs, CO 80925

Planned Unit Development District

Planned unit developments are intended, to facilitate the achievement of the purposes and objectives of this title, the Fountain Comprehensive Development Plan and to permit the application of new technology and greater freedom of design in land development than may be possible under the application of standard zoning districts. Developments, however, must demonstrate that flexibility from the provisions of the existing zoning will result in higher quality development and in addition, when 1 or more following purposes can be achieved: The provision of necessary commercial, recreational and educational institution facilities in convenient proximity to housing; The provision of well located, clean, safe and pleasant industrial sites involving a minimum impact on transportation facilities; The encouragement of innovations in residential, commercial, and limited industrial development and renewal so that the growing demands of the population may be met by greater variety in type, design, and lay-out of buildings that the citys existing zoning districts and associated development standards cannot accommodate and by the conservation and more efficient use of open space ancillary to said buildings; The encouragement of a more efficient use of land and of public services, or private services in lieu thereof, and to reflect changes in the technology of land development so that resulting economies may inure to the benefit of those who need homes; A better distribution of induced traffic on the streets and highways; Conservation of the value of the land; Preservation of the sites natural characteristics.