2009 Ranch Dr, Farmington, NM 87401

Planned Development District

The planned development PD district is a special purpose district, intended to accommodate combinations of business and residential uses in areas of older structures or vacant land that may include new types of housing, residential commercial conversions, infill development, starter homes, cluster homes, senior living developments, and planned commercial development. In all cases, new development in the PD district should be adequately served by infrastructure. The PD district is further intended to encourage innovative land planning and site design that ensures neighborhood, resource, and environmental protection, high quality appearance, open space preservation and the provision of amenities and other city goals by: Reducing or eliminating the inflexibility that sometimes results from strict application of zoning standards that were designed primarily for development on individual lots; Allowing greater freedom in selecting the means to provide access, light, open space and design amenities and Promoting quality design and environmentally sensitive development by allowing development to take advantage of special site characteristics, locations and land use arrangements.The PD district is intended to implement the infill and redevelopment policies of the comprehensive plan. It may also be used to implement the planning policies of the comprehensive plan's mixed use land use designation in isolated locations throughout the city, including locations along Piñon Hills Boulevard.