136 Birch Tree Way, Cumming, GA 30040

Planned Unit Development District

The PUD zoning district is established with the following purposes and intentions: Provide the primary means for implementing horizontal and vertical mixed-use development within the mixed use designation on the future land use plan map of the City of Cumming Comprehensive Plan; Provide for the development of residential dwellings with office, institutional, service, and retail uses within the same building (i.e., vertical mixed use); Provide for a means of rezoning and developing land for horizontal mixed uses (e.g., an office park adjacent to a residential neighborhood); Allow and encourage more unique, flexible, creative, and imaginative arrangements and mixes of land uses in site planning and development than are permitted via other zoning districts established in this section; Encourage a broader mix of residential housing types, including detached and attached dwellings, than would normally be constructed in conventional subdivisions; Allow and encourage the development of tracts of land as a unified whole, connected in design and access, and resulting in high-quality, planned neighborhoods or communities; Preserve the natural amenities of the land through maintenance of conservation areas and open spaces within developments, and provide for more usable and suitably located recreational facilities, open spaces, scenic areas, and/or civic spaces, either commonly or publicly owned, than would otherwise be provided by development pursuant to a conventional zoning district; and Provide for the more efficient use of land through clustering that will result in smaller networks of utilities and streets.