TBD Vandalia, Morgantown, WV 26505

Planned Unit Development District

The purpose of the planned unit development is to encourage flexibility in the development of land in order to promote its most appropriate use; to improve the design, character and quality of new developments; to encourage a harmonious and appropriate mixture of uses and/or housing types; to facilitate the adequate and economic provision of streets, utilities and City services; to preserve critical natural environmental and scenic features of the site; to encourage and provide a mechanism for arranging improvements and sites so as to preserve desirable features; and to mitigate the problems which may be presented by specific site conditions. It is anticipated that planned unit developments will offer one or more of the following advantages: Serve to implement the goals, objectives, and strategies of the Morgantown comprehensive plan specific to the district or neighborhood in which the PUD is to be located; Apply the design principles of new urbanism, neo-traditionalism, and other emerging smart growth principles, urban development patterns and best management practices; Promote development patterns that maximize compatibility of differing adjacent land uses to avoid the necessity of extensive buffering; Enhance the appearance of neighborhoods by conserving areas of special natural beauty, steep slopes, ecological importance, flood prone areas, and natural green spaces where appropriate, while understanding that land within urban areas is best suited for urban densities and development patterns; Counteract poor urban design and mitigate congestion on streets; Promote architecture that is compatible with the community vernacular, and/or the surroundings; Promote design principles that allow differing types of land uses to coexist while preserving property values and minimizing potential negative consequences; Promote appropriate urban densities that will help make alternative forms of transportation economically and socially feasible; and Promote and protect the environmental integrity of the site and its surroundings by providing suitable design responses to the specific environmental constraints of the site and surrounding area.