8028 Terrace Ridge Dr, Temple Terrace, FL 33637

Planned Development District

The purpose of the PD, Planned Development zoning district is to provide an alternative method of land development not available within the framework of the other zoning districts of the city. This classification may be assigned to land which is to be developed as a whole or in a single development, or programmed series of development operations, utilizing innovative design techniques not possible through the structure of other zoning districts of the city, for the purpose of achieving one or more of the following development objectives: To preserve or be otherwise sensitive to significant environmental or topographical features which exist on the site.; To accommodate a single or a mixture of uses on one or more parcels of land with single or multiple ownerships, zoned, approved, operated and developed as a single unit and made internally and externally compatible through use limitations, sign control, cross easements for access and utilities, coordinated building orientation, design, aesthetics and buffering, with principal and accessory structures substantially related to the character of the development and the context of the neighborhood of which they are a part.; To accommodate a comprehensively planned and phased redevelopment or infill project involving a single or multiple ownerships to create interrelated mixed uses, circulation patterns both vehicular and pedestrian, building orientation, parking areas, architectural motif, signs, open space, amenity areas and like features, which positively contribute to the area being redeveloped and the city.; To allow for a conceptual level of approval for PD districts while maintaining design flexibility for projects which may either be large with lengthy build out schedules or is the first development in an area without public utilities and services. The project is approved in two steps: a rezoning to PD with a conceptual site plan as approved by city council.