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_ :, <br />• <br />r ~~ `~ <br />`~, <br />,~ - _ <br />t~ ' <br />_ t ;r Builrtiny Our Community <br />.... Edrror: Lee A. Syracuse,AlP <br />Daes the .Planned Unit Development Pay tts Way? <br />The cost-revenue study (what it costs the com- <br />munity to'service each Sand-use versus what each <br />land-use 'returns to the community in taxesi has <br />sho~nrn that the single-family detactx:d hdme rarely. <br />"carries" itsel#, primarily due to the .cost of <br />educoting children from this type of residentia! <br />dvvetiit~g unit. Apartments ..and commercial land <br />uses, vn the other ha;~d, generally contribute mere <br />money to the public coffers than +n;hat it costs to <br />supply ii~em with ptaiaiic sarv,r,~s. it}erefore, it is <br />possible to assemole a PUD containi-~y a bland a~ <br />single family homes, apartments and commercial <br />land uses which tirrould .present little, if an•yr <br />finaraciai burden to the community in which it is <br />located. <br />Is the Ptanned.Unit Qavedopmarat ;"or Faveryore? <br />The ansv~rer is an emphatic nol One of 'the reasons <br />for ttje',inception of the PUD tivas to provide a <br />variety of living styles to the buyer in order to <br />meet his needs and desires. As such, it Vrould be <br />ineonsistent to present the PUD as a means af' <br />providing a greater housing choice, and then. press <br />to have alt. future dweiopment exclusively within <br />the PUD envelope. The PUD shoi3ld not. he <br />considered the final and ail-encompassing solution <br />to residential development. Gn the other hand, its <br />assets, compared to those of traditional- develop- <br />ment, should be fu!!y compreher~d~d and fairly <br />evaici:ated. <br />