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Here is a direct quote from the Ordinances of the Village of Gurnee, in Ill. concerning a Planned Unit Development:
Zoning ordinance 9.0. Planned Unit Developments. Village of Gurnee, Ill.
"The purpose of Planned Unit Development regulations is to encourage and allow more creative and imaginative design of land developments than is possible under
district zoning regulations.
Planned Unit Developments are intended to allow substantial flexibility in planning and designing a proposal. This flexibility often accrues in
the form of relief from compliance with conventional zoning ordinance site and design requirements. Ideally, this flexibility results in a development that is better planned, that contains more amenities, and ultimately a development that is more desirable to live in than one produced in accordance with typical zoning ordinance and subdivision controls.
An intrinsic, and often neglected, premise upon which the approval of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) must be conditioned, is that
while greater density or more lenient siting requirements may be granted, the Planned Unit Development should contain features not normally required of traditional developments. Inherent to realizing these objectives, is continuous and in-depth scrutiny of the proposed Planned Unit Development is being adhered to.
Hence, to enable thorough analysis of a Planned Unit Development, more information is demanded about the proposal than would be required if development were being
pursued under conventional zoning requirements."
- Some Links Concerning Planned Unit Developments:
- Communities Online.org
"A place to find out about Common Interest Communities."
- Optional Approaches to Planned Unit Development Zoning (from: The County Commissioners Association of Ohio BULLETIN 97-8 OCTOBER 1997)
- Planned Unit Development (Washington State)
- Planned Unit Development as an Integral Part of the New Comprehensive Land Use Plan (written by Ron Seibold, President of the WCEF, to the County Commissioners and Planning Commission of Jefferson County, Kansas. Submitted in January, 1999.
- Texas Communities Online
- Zoning Ordinance 9.0. Planned Unit Developments (Village of Gurnee, Ill.);
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