90 Riberia St, St Augustine, FL 32084

Planned Unit Development District

The purpose of the planned unit development PUD zoning district is to provide an option, and process for the provision of unique, individually planned developments that are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the categories outlined in the Comprehensive Plan, but may allow for more creative, flexible, and innovative designs for projects than the regular zoning districts allow. The PUD process is a voluntary process initiated by an applicant to provide flexibility for their project, while at the same time providing an opportunity for the city planning and zoning board PZB and city commission to integrate potential benefits, limitations and regulations as it deems necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare. The PUD process is designed to: Promote more efficient and economic uses of land, including bypassed lands, land ripe for urban infill, and potential redevelopment projects; Encourage a more compatible and harmonious development of contiguous lands; Provide flexibility to meet changing needs, technologies, economics, and consumer preferences; Provide a process to assess a development's impact on the proposed site, the surrounding neighborhoods or areas, and the city as a whole; Demonstrate the coordinating of architectural styles, building forms, and building relationships within a planned development, as well as, the planned developments relationship with the existing and preferred architectural context surrounding the project; Provide an environment of consistent character compatible with the surrounding areas; and, Permit specific limitations and requirements in excess of those included in other zoning districts, based on the unique characteristics of the individual site, where necessary to the public health, safety, or welfare, or for the protection or preservation of lands, neighborhoods or areas of the city deemed unique or historic based on the proposed location of the planned development.