4530 Doe Run, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

Planned Development District

The purpose of the PD district is to provide for greater flexibility in the development of land that is not possible to achieve in conventional zoning districts. This district is intended to encourage a more creative and innovative design and to promote a more desirable community. The objectives of the planned development district are: Promote site planning that better adapts to site conditions and surrounding properties.; Allow for a diversity of uses permitted and variation in uses, structures, open space and height of structures.; Promote the creation of open space areas and the preservation of natural features of a development site.; Ensure efficient and effective traffic circulation.; Planned development districts can allow for flexibility in terms of density, uses and bulk regulations. These districts should be designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure public safety, to promote the health and general welfare of the public, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to preserve natural features, and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools and parks.; Approval of a PD, Planned Development District shall constitute an amendment to the zoning ordinance. Designation of a property as a PD district in accordance with an approved development plan shall supersede all existing and prior zoning classifications. All properties receiving this designation shall, for zoning purposes, be identified by the letters PD followed by an identifying number. A development plan shall be approved in conjunction with the rezoning of a tract to the PD district. The development plan shall specify both for the project as a whole and for subareas within the project, as appropriate, those principal and accessory uses and development densities that are to be permitted. The city council may include or exclude uses from the development plan, or include uses with attached conditions as appropriate, to achieve the intent of these provisions. In making its determination of the uses and development densities to be permitted within the PD district, the council may consider the compatibility and relationship of uses within the project, the compatibility and relationship of permitted uses adjoining or in proximity to the PD district, the appropriateness of permitted uses for the area in general and their overall impact on the community, and the consistency of the permitted uses with other adopted plans and policies.