Needles, California · General provision
Section 96.09 - Planned Unit Development Overlay
Dimensional standards
Lot
Servicing
- Applies near
- PUDPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan. overlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.
- Geographic extent
- Property located in an area shown on the zoning map with the symbol PUDPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan.
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Exceptional design quality required
The development shall be of exceptional design quality, providing for imaginative use of the site, an attractive environment for occupants, and enhancing the character of the surrounding area.
- Lot size reduction allowed with open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
Single-family residential lot sizes in a PUD may only be reduced below the minimum standards required by the appropriate zone if usable open space is provided either within the PUD in an amount equal to or greater than the sum of all reductions of the minimum lot size or usable public open space is located adjacent to the PUD.
- Minimum site area5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The development site shall be at least five (5) acres in net area.
From the ordinance
Property located in an area shown on the zoning map with the symbol PUD shall not be subdivided, developed or used for any purpose unless a conditional use permit is approved and the subdivision, development and use is in accordance with such conditional use permit. The development site shall be at least five (5) acres in net area.