8826 Stauffer Rd, Walkersville, MD 21793

Planned Development District

The Planned Development Districts (Planned Unit Development and Mixed Use Development) are floating zones established to provide for new development and redevelopment within identified growth areas that result in an integrated mixture of commercial, employment, residential, recreational, civic and/or cultural land uses as provided within the appropriate Frederick County Comprehensive, Community, or Corridor Plan. These uses planned and developed as a unit are intended to: Result in an efficient use of land and the efficient extension of public facilities; Allow innovative design involving flexibility not permitted within Euclidean zoning districts; Promote continuity of new development with existing development through building and site design, including consideration of architectural elements, landscape design, building placement, and street network; Promote building and site design that reduces dependence on vehicular movement through the provision of bicycle, pedestrian, and transit friendly elements which include transportation circulation networks linking internal and external residential, commercial, employment areas, and recreation, open spaces and public facilities; Result in an integrated mixture of uses within the Mixed Use Development District and a mixture of housing types within the Planned Unit Development District; Promote the protection, preservation, and integration of historic resources into the planned development through reuse, adaptive use, and rehabilitation; Promote the evaluation, protection, and integration of natural features and sensitive environmental resources into building and site design; Provide development flexibility to respond to market demands.