3920 Tarnrill Rd, Douglasville, GA 30135

Planned Unit Development District

The PUD district is intended to permit the planning and development of parcels of land that are suitable in location and character for the uses proposed as unified and integrated developments in accordance with detailed development plans. These plans may supersede the regulations included in Articles 1-15 of the Unified Development Code (UDC) where indicated by these development plans. The PUD district is intended to provide a means of accomplishing the following specific objectives: To provide for development concepts not otherwise allowed within non-PUD zoning districts; To provide flexibility, unity, and diversity in land planning and development, resulting in convenient and harmonious groupings of uses, structures and common facilities; To accommodate varied design and layout of housing and other buildings; To allow appropriate relationships of open spaces to intended uses and structures; To encourage innovations in quality residential, commercial, and industrial development and renewal so that the growing demands of the population may be met by greater variety in type, design, and layout of buildings and by the conservation and more efficient use of open space; To lessen the burden of traffic on streets and highways; and To provide a procedure that can relate the type, design, and layout of residential, commercial, and industrial development to the particular site, thereby encouraging preservation of the site's natural characteristics.