Amending Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 of Chapter 21 Zoning

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( a) The owner or holder of a written option to purchase land for a Planned Residential Development, including a private redeveloper under contract with the Redevelopment Commission to acquire land by purchase may file a petition in accordance with the following provisions: ( 1) The tract proposed shall consist of one (1) or more contiguous parcels of land comprising an area of four ( 4) acres or more in size, unless the tract be bounded on all sides by public rights-of-way, public lands, watercourses, or less restrictive use districts, in which case it may be smaller than four (4) acres. ( 2) The major use of the tract shall be residential, and may include single-family, two-family and multi-family dwellings and the usual accessory buildings or uses such as garages, storage space and community activities:, unless otherwise restricted by the provisions of Bivisian-l3-ef-this-Artiele. Chapter 21. (3) The tract may contain commercial and professional uses as an integral part of a residential development; but such uses shall be planned and gauged primarily for the service and convenience of residents of the Planned Residential Development, and shall be authorized only to the extent that such uses are not available to the residents within a reasonable proximity. ( 4) Planned Residential Developments shall be designed to create environments of stable and desirable character; they must provide provisions for recreation space adequate to meet the needs of the anticipated population or as designated in the Comprehensive Plan. ( 5) The tract must be served directly by streets of appropriate size, function and capacity and all buildings shall be served by public sewer and water. DIVISION 4. 5. MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICT Sec. 21-11.1. "A-3" Mixed Use Multifamily Residential and Commercial district. (a) The intent of this section is to establish a zoning district