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• • The target for phasing plans is 50 units per phase. With a project of 56 units, total, it is problematic to break it up. It may be possible to divide the project into two phases, though the economics of this may not allow it. Preliminary Plat/Development Stage Plan There are three parts of the PUD process. The first part, the general concept plan, is the voluntary concept plan review. The second part is the development stage plan, which corresponds to the preliminary plat process. The third part, the final plan, corresponds to the final plat process. The Ravens Hollow project is a PUD rezoning. With a PUD, the plat serves to establish some specific elements that become zoning standards. For example if a plat in a PUD includes reduced setbacks or lot dimensions, these things become the setbacks or dimensions in that plat. As noted in the zoning ordinance, such flexibility is intended to encourage such things as: 1. A development pattern in harmony with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. 2. Innovations in development that address growing demands for all styles of economic expansion, greater variety in type, design, architectural standards, and siting of structures through the conservation and more efficient use of land in such developments. 3. The preservation and enhancement of desirable site characteristics such as existing vegetation, natural topography and geologic features and the prevention of soil erosion. 4. A creative use of land and related physical development which allows a phased and orderly transition of varying land uses in close proximity to each other. 5. An efficient use of land resulting in smaller networks of utilities and streets thereby lowering development costs and public investments. 6. Promotion of a desirable and creative environment that might be prevented through the strict application of City zoning and subdivision regulations. The primary purpose of using a PUD for Ravens Hollow is to allow the project to comply with the comprehensive plan ( #1). As noted above, the land use category boundaries don't follow the project boundaries, so the densities have been averaged across the entire plat. In order to do so, the plat involves incorporating different housing styles in a creative design ( #2, #4, #6). Design elements that deviate from strict zoning provisions related to setbacks, heights, lot area and dimensions, etc., should be examined in light of the intentions of a PUD. Unit types: The project includes two different housing types. There are 26 standard single family lots and 30 single family detached townhome lots. The location of the varied housing types creates a transition in land use intensities. The standard lots in the northern part of the site coincide with the existing Fox Trace neighborhood. In fact, the Ravens Hollow lots are larger. The single family, zero lot line townhomes in the southern area consistent with the medium density required by the comprehensive plan and provide a