Land Use Code Town of Norwood, Colorado - San Miguel County

Chapter 7: Land Use Code
§ 3.13 PUD, Planned Unit Development Overlay District
(a) Purpose and intent. The Planned Unit Development Overlay District is a rezoning
process that, upon approval results in a detailed plan that is the basis for development of a
particular property. An application for a PUD plan approval may be made for land located in any
zoning district. The PUD Planned Unit Development Overlay District is designed primarily to
provide flexibility to accommodate mixed-use, nontraditional and innovative developments and
to encourage more efficient utilization of sites and the preservation of usable open space. The
PUD shall be consistent with the requirements of the zone district in which the parcel is located
unless a variation or variations of the dimensional limitations have been granted pursuant to this
section. In addition to the use and area regulations of this section, development in the PUD
Planned Unit Development Overlay District shall comply with all other provisions of this Land
Use Code.
(b) Types of planned unit developments. The Board of Trustees of the Town of Norwood,
Colorado, after public hearing and proper notice and after recommendation from the Planning
and Zoning Commission, may authorize the creation of the Planned Unit Development Overlay
Districts on parcels of land containing more than 20,000 square feet. A Planned Unit
Development Overlay designation may be applied to land intended for residential, commercial or
other development purposes.
(c) Site plan requirement. In establishing a Planned Unit Development Overlay District in
accordance with this section, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall require a
comprehensive site plan of the development. Such site plan shall be approved as part of the
resolution approving a Planned Unit Development Overlay and recorded as a burden to run with
the land. Such required plan and resolution shall set forth the requirements for ingress and egress
to the property, public streets or drives, with adequate right-of-way, sidewalks, utilities, drainage,
parking space, height of building, maximum lot coverage, yards and open spaces, screening walls
or fences, landscaping and other development and protective requirements including maintenance
considered necessary to create a reasonable transition to and protection of the adjacent property.
(d) Procedures for approval and conditions. Every Planned Unit Development Overlay
District approved under the provisions of this chapter shall follow the procedure of Sec. 6.02 for
and be considered an amendment to the zoning map. In approving the Planned Unit
Development Overlay District , the Board of Trustees may impose conditions relative to the
standard of development and such conditions shall be complied with before a Zoning
Development Permit is issued for the use of the land or any structure that is part of the Planned
Unit Development Overlay District and such conditions shall not be construed as conditions
precedent to the approval of the zoning amendment, but shall be construed as conditions
precedent to the granting of a Zoning Development Permit. All Planned Unit Development
Overlay Districts approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be referenced
on the Official Zoning Map and a list of such Planned Unit Development Overlay Districts,
together with the category of uses permitted therein, shall be maintained in the office of the
Town Clerk.
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