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s � � <br />requires that projects provide minimum levels of recreation <br />and open space areas, develop an adequate system of internal <br />pedestrian and vehicular circulation, and adequately buffer <br />adjacent properties. All PRD's must also comply with both <br />the County's site plan and subdivision requirements. <br />It is anticipated that the PRD ordinance will be used for <br />various types of projects. These will include: land <br />condominiums; zero lot line projects; projects where the <br />zoning code's size and dimension criteria are to be mod- <br />ified; projects involving a transfer of density from en- <br />vironmentally sensitive to uplands areas; projects having a <br />variety of housing types; projects clustering units to <br />preserve trees or other natural site features; and projects <br />incorporating accessory commercial within a residential <br />development. <br />On November 15, 1984, the Planning & Zoning Commission held <br />a public hearing on the PRD ordinance and at that time voted <br />3-2 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners <br />adopt the PRD ordinance. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners <br />adopt the proposed Planned Residential District (PRD) <br />ordinance. <br />Planning Director Keating noted that this ordinance was <br />prepared by a consultant and then substantially modified through <br />a series of workshop meetings, all of which were well advertised <br />and well attended with a great deal of input being made. He <br />explained that generally PRD is comparable to PUD (Planned Unit <br />Development), and basically what it does is allow an applicant to <br />develop one project as an entire project and put different types <br />of structure and uses within that one project. Staff looks at it <br />from the perspective that it adds some flexibility to the design <br />process of a project. Director Keating then referred to a <br />graphic which delineates several of the specific advantages of a <br />PRD as follows: <br />1) It allows people to develop land condominiums; we presently do <br />not have a process allowed for this. <br />2) It provides a specific mechanism for the transfer of density <br />from environmentally sensitive areas to upland areas. Although <br />that is currently in the Comprehensive Plan, there is no specific <br />implementing ordinance now on the books. <br />47 <br />JAN 16 1985 �oaK � 9 F -Au 58 <br />