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• • Fox Den Acres page 6 Single family residential development exists to the west. It is unlikely that development can occur to the east or south due to extensive wetlands. 3. The proposed use conforms with all performance standards contained herein. With the conditions of approval, the project will conform to the requirements of a planned unit development as stated in the zoning ordinance. 4. The proposed use can be accommodated with existing public services and will not overburden the City's service capacity. Municipal water and sanitary sewer are available to the site and sufficient capacity exists. 5. Traffic generation by the proposed use is within capabilities of streets serving the property. The existing roads have the capacity for the additional development. PUD: Section 2, Subd. 10.A. of the zoning ordinance discusses the purpose of a planned unit development (PUD). In addition, Subd. 10.D. lists the purposes of an urban PUD. The application should be compared to these purposes in order to justify any flexibility requested by the applicant. Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this section of the Zoning Ordinance is to provide for the grouping of lots or buildings for development as an integrated, coordinated unit as opposed to traditional parcel by parcel, piecemeal, or sporadic approach to development. This section is intended to introduce flexibility of site design and architecture for the conservation of land and open space through clustering of lots, buildings and activities, which promote the goals outlined in the Comprehensive Plan or serve another public purpose. It is further intended that planned unit developments are to be characterized by central management, integrated planning and architecture, joint and common use and maintenance of parking, open space and other similar facilities, and harmonious selection and efficient distribution of uses. The PUD, by allowing deviation from the strict provisions of this Ordinance related to setbacks, heights, lot area, width and depths, yards, etc., by conditional use permit or a mixture of uses by rezoning to a PUD District, is intended to encourage: 1. A development pattern in harmony with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan.