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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The subject site is designated for low density residential uses in the City's Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan contains several goal statements for the East Portion of the City, where the site is located. One such goal is to maintain and improve the East Portion of the City as a safe, viable, orderly, productive and enhanced environment for the residents of the City. The East Portion of the City provides the majority of the single family residential land use opportunities for the City. The Plan states the future development in this section of the City shall maintain or enhance the existing cohesive land use pattern. Furthermore, one of the policies outlined in the Comprehensive Plan for this particular area is that "geographic and use designations and related zoning classifications shall be changed only when it can be demonstrated that such modifications are in the best interest of the community on a long range perspective and such changes will promote land use compatibility and predetermined goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan." PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT The purpose of PUD is to allow the development of neighborhoods or portions thereof incorporating a variety of residential types and non - residential uses. Recognizing that traditional density, bulk, setbacks, use and subdivision regulations which may be useful in protecting the character of substantially developed areas may be inappropriate to control development in less developed areas. Specially, PUD is intended to encourage: 1. Innovations in residential development to the end that the growing demands for housing at all economic levels may be met by greater variety in tenure, type, design, and siting of dwellings and by the conservation and more efficient use of land in such developments 2. Higher standards of site and building design through the use of trained and experienced land planners, architects and landscape architects; 3. More convenience in location of accessory commercial and service areas; 4. The preservation and enhancement of desirable site characteristics such as natural topography and geologic features and the prevention of soil erosion; 5. A creative use of land and related physical development which allows a phased and orderly transition of land from rural to urban uses; 6. An efficient use of land resulting in smaller networks of utilities and streets thereby lower housing costs and public investments; A development pattern in harmony with the objectives of the City Comprehensive Plan. 2