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PLANNING STAFF, REPORT TO CABARRUS COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD Tuesday, March 2, 2004 Staff Use Only:Approved: Denied: Tabled: b) Density. Overall density will be defined on the initial preliminary site plan in accordance with the reqWred land use composition calculation. c) Preservation of Natural Features. Critical areas and other significant and desirable natural features such as steep slopes, drainage courses, unique stands of vegetation, riparian areas and water bodies are to be retained and integrated into the site design. d) Conunon Architectural Theme. All buildings and structures in the project site area are to share a conunon architectural theme that ensures compatibility among interior land uses. This theme shall also be compatible or complementary with adjacent development, or shall be adequately screened or buffered from such adjacent development. e) Adjoining Land Use Compatibility. The project site design shall be laid out in a manner that ensures compatibility and hannony with adjoining land uses exterior to the subject project. t) Streets. All public and private streets within the project site area shall comply with NCDOT minimum design guidelines. g) Naming Convention. Upon approval, the zoning district will be known by the name Planned Unit Development and will be designated as PUD. 2. The Cabarros County Planning and Zoning Board hear the "PUD" request and the preliminary site plan approval request concUITe11tly, except that the final decision to approve or deny each request shall be by a separate vote. The Cabarros County Planning and Zoning Board shall first make a decision whether to grant approval for the requested "PUD" district. If the "PUD" request is denied, the Cabarros County Planning and Zoning board will no longer consider the request for approval of the preliminary site plan. If the "PUD" district is approved, the Cabarros County Planning and Zoning Board shall then make a decision whether to approve the preliminary site plan. Applications for PUD are also eligible for the expedited rezoning process as prescribed in Section 13-12, step 4. Permitted Uses. The uses pennitted in a PUD district shall be the pennitted uses as set forth in the approved site plan. Because the PUD is a floating district, these uses will be selected from those uses pennitted in Chapter 3, Section 3-8 Table of Pennitted Uses. Approval of the proposed uses is at the sole discretion of the appropriate decision making agency. No additional conditional use pennit shall be required for any conditional use listed once preliminary site plan approval is granted. Land Use Composition. The preliminary site plan for a PUD district shall not be approved unless the following minimum percentages of land uses are provided for within the boundaries of the district. The percentage values are based on dwelling units for residential land use and square footage for non-residential land use. Moderate density residential (max. 4 units per acre) = 20% High density residential (max. 18 units per acre) = 10% Non residential = 8% Open Space. All Planned Unit Developments consisting of 30 or more residential units shall provide open space in an amount equal to 10% of the residential area of the PUD or 7% of the total PUD area, whichever is greater. Active recreational areas will be required to be provided on at least 1/3 of the total required open space acreage in residential areas and 1/5 of the total required open space acreage in non-residential areas. Required open space for PUDs developed utilizing the cluster development should be calculated as indicated in Section 5-8. Page 2 of 5 Petition CO4-06 (ZT) &-~