17.76.010 Purpose.
1. The planned residential development overlay zone promotes the following purposes:
a. Create diverse and quality housing options in Lindon City;
b. Effectively develop unique commercial lots and parcels that do not naturally accommodate traditional commercial development patterns;
c. Allow for appropriate housing transitions from commercial properties to low density single-family residential;
d. Improve the design and livability of residential buildings in the planned residential development overlay zone;
e. To preserve the commercial tax base and intent of the general commercial zone.
2. The purposes of the planned residential development overlay zone are accomplished by:
a. Allowing densities higher than a typical low-density residential development, as identified in the Lindon City Land Use Map;
b. Establishing standards for landscaping, building and site design, public safety, parking, aesthetics, traffic circulation, fencing, lighting, and other similar site improvements; and
c. Requiring standards that enable planned residential developments to fit into the surrounding development. (Ord. 2022-5 § 1, amended, 2022; Ord. 2020-8 § 1, amended, 2020)