Amending Zoning Ordinance - "A-2" Planned Residential Development District

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ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3702, COMMONLY KNO14N AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AS AMENDED BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: Section 1: That Ordinance No. 3702, as amended, commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of South Bend, Indiana be amended by the addition thereto of the following Section,to wit: SECTION 3 -B "A -2" Planned Residential District 1. In the "A -2" District lands and buildings may be used and 1 2. buildings erected or structurally altered for the following 2. 3. use only: Planned Residential Developments, provided that an 3. 4. exception permitting such use is granted by the Board of Zoning 4. 5. Appeals under the provisions of Section 18 and further provided 5. 6. that the following intent and requirements are complied with. 6. 7. 7. 8. 1. Intent: the intent of this section is to permit 8. 9. more flexibility in a large -scale development thru land 9. 10. use controls that foster good environmental design with- 10 11. out violating the constitutional requirements of uniform 11 12. classification and adequate standards; that permit planned 12 13. residential developments in accordance with =the Comprehen- 13 14. sive Plan of the City; that permit a variety of housing 14 15. accomodations including single- family detached, two - family 15 16. and multi family dwellings, and land uses in imaginative 16 17. and orderly physical and esthetic relationship to one 17 18. another; that permit the grouping and preservation of open 10 19• space, school sites, recreation areas and lands for other 19 20. public, semi - public (including churches) and private 20. 21. purposes; that permit the development of an area rather 21 22. than individual lot development. No particular develop- 22 23• 24. ment shall necessarily include all the requirements set 23 forth above. 24