1472 Ridgewater Rwh 102, Klamath Falls, OR 97601

Planned Unit Development District

The purpose of the Planned Unit Development Zone is to provide for the classification and development of parcels of land as coordinated, comprehensive projects so as to take advantage of the superior environment which can result from large-scale, community planning. The Planned Unit Development Zone serves to encourage developing as one project tracts of land that are sufficiently large enough to allow a site design for a group of structures and uses. Furthermore, the planned unit development provides the flexibility necessary to facilitate the desired mixing of residential, commercial and industrial uses in accordance with appropriate development and use standards. It should either promote a harmonious variety or grouping of uses, or utilize the economy of shared services, to take into account the following: Advances in technology and design; Recognition and resolution of problems created by increasing population density; Creation of a comprehensive development, superior to that resulting from traditional lot-by-lot land use development, in which the design of the overall unit permits increased freedom in the placement and uses of buildings and the location of open spaces, transportation facilities, off-street parking areas and other facilities; Maximizing the development potential of sites characterized by special features of geography, topography and shape; and Compatibility with the surrounding environment. The height and bulk characteristics of buildings may vary as long as the ratio of site area to dwelling units and openness of the site will be in harmony with the area in which the proposed development is located. This zone is designed to combine various types of land uses, such as single-family residential developments, multiple housing developments, professional and administrative areas, commercial centers, industrial parks, public facilities, through the adoption of a development plan and text materials which set forth land use relationships and development standards.