103 Tan Yard Rd #22, Social Circle, GA 30025

Planned Unit Development District

The purpose of the PUD district is to allow for the establishment of development standards proposed by the applicant to accommodate innovative mixed use development patterns not articulated in base zoning districts, but which uses and standards are generally supportive of the policies of the comprehensive plan. 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; andTo provide flexibility, unity, and diversity in land planning and development, resulting in convenient and harmonious groupings of uses, structures, and common facilities; and To accommodate varied design and layout of housing and other buildings; and To allow appropriate relationships of open spaces to intended uses and structures; and 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; and To attenuate 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.