17.41.010 PURPOSE AND INTENT.
The purpose of the Anderson Farms Planned Development Zone (PD Zone) is to encourage efficient use of land and resources and to provide flexibility in the City's zoning scheme in order to allow for unique, innovative, and well planned developments not otherwise provided for under one of the City's other existing zoning classifications. The PD Zone is not intended for use in situations where a proposed development is reasonably feasible under one of the City's other zoning classifications or in situations where the primary purpose is to obtain a relaxation of standards applicable to similar types of development in other zones. It is the sole responsibility and burden of the applicant to convince the Planning Commission and City Council that the proposed PD Zone is preferable to traditional zoning.
The provisions contained herein are intended to accomplish the following purposes and goals:
1. To encourage and promote more detailed and specific planning and analysis for certain areas of the City.
2. To encourage the inclusion of special development amenities that are in the interest of the general public.
3. To develop a sense of community within a development and to ensure compatibility with surrounding areas while providing opportunity to create reasonable buffers and transitions between different zones.
4. To establish provisions and regulation which enable the City to address unique areas of the City or where other characteristics exist that warrant a comprehensive set of land use policies and standards which will encourage efficient and imaginative development.
5. To provide flexibility in zoning and allow for development using mixtures of density and uses to achieve a higher quality development while ensuring performance standards are implemented within the zone. Examples of this type of situation may include the following:
a. Where the setbacks, building height limits or other standards of an existing zone are not necessary for the protection of neighboring properties or the general welfare of the City because of the proximity of a parcel of property to a particular landscape feature such the Freeway; and
b. Where additional setbacks, or other adjustments to buffers and boundaries between zones may be appropriate to protect neighboring properties from uses to be employed on a parcel of property.