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Planned Residential Development District

This section creates a zoning district which would permit the establishment of planned residential developments PRDs and planned mixed-use developments PMDs on one or more sites to achieve the following objectives: A land use pattern in harmony with the objectives of the City Comprehensive Development Plans; A more desirable environment than would be possible through the strict application of other land use and development regulations of the City; A creative use of land and related physical development which allows an orderly transition from one land use to another; An efficient use of land resulting in smaller networks of utilities and streets and thereby lower development and housing costs; Diversification in the uses permitted and variation in the relationship uses, structures, open spaces and height of structures in developments conceived as cohesive unified projects; Higher standards of site and building design through the use of trained and experienced land planners, architects, landscape architects and engineers; Innovations in residential development to the end that the growing demands for housing at all economic levels may be met by greater variety in tenure, type, design and siting of dwellings; The preservation and enhancement of desirable characteristics, such as natural topography, vegetation and geologic features, and the prevention of soil erosion; Provision for the preservation and functional and beneficial use of open areas