§ 118-1063. Intent/description/design features.

(a)

This division is intended to implement the policies of the comprehensive plan concerning the urban village future land use classification.

(b)

Development within the urban village future land use classification shall be designed based on an urban development pattern which encourages the formation of a suburban village. Through the urban village planned unit development process, which may involve the approval of multiple UVPUDs, all development within the urban village future land use classification shall follow the general design principles of:

(1)

Creating a series of walkable residential neighborhoods;

(2)

Developing an integrated park and trail system to facilitate pedestrian travel and recreation;

(3)

Developing a comprehensive network of roads and traffic calming solutions to complement and support the existing Marsh Road infrastructure;

(4)

Establishing connectivity to natural systems while preserving wetlands and other natural resources and protecting water quality and quantity;

(5)

Creating a mixed-use character through the integration of a diversity of uses; and

(6)

Creating a focus center within the urban village.

(c)

The urban village planned unit development shall provide a compact integrated development pattern with a park or central feature located within a one-fourth-mile walking distance of the majority of residences in each neighborhood.

(d)

To ensure adequate housing diversity, urban village planned unit development should generally contain a variety of housing types which may include both attached and detached housing product with ownership and rental opportunities, as well as live/work housing.

(e)

The street network shall be designed to create a hierarchy of interconnected streets and traffic calming solutions to allow travel through and between neighborhoods and beyond the urban village planned unit development. Roadway cross sections shall be designed to accommodate multiple modes of transportation.

(f)

Emphasis shall be placed on pedestrian and bike paths and shall be incorporated in street cross sections and open spaces.

(g)

The standards and procedures of the urban village planned unit development are intended to promote flexibility of design and to permit planned diversification and integration of uses and structures, while retaining in the city commission the absolute authority to establish such limitations and regulations as it deems necessary to protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare.

(h)

Consistent with the goal of ensuring the entirety of lands designated with the urban village future land use designation developing in such a way as to meet the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan, the city commission shall have the flexibility in deciding whether to require a mixture of residential and nonresidential uses and a variety of housing types and lot sizes within individual urban village planned unit developments based on anticipated development patterns.

(Ord. No. 12-24, § 3, 5-24-12)