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demonstrate that a project of superior design can be achieved to meet one or more of the identified objectives listed in Section 154.801, or that compliance with the Comprehensive Plan goals and policies can be attained through the use of the PUD process. The Planning Commission shall authorize submittal of a PUD for a tract of less than two acres prior to submittal of a general concept plan application. B. Open space. For all PUDs, at least twenty percent (20%) of the project area not within street rights-of-way shall be preserved as protected open space. Other public or site amenities may be approved as an alternative to this requirement. Any required open space must be available to the residents, tenants, or customers of the PUD for recreational purposes or similar benefit. Land reserved for storm water detention facilities and other required site improvements may be applied to this requirement. Open space shall be designed to meet the needs of residents of the PUD and the surrounding neighborhoods, to the extent practicable, for parks, playgrounds, playing fields and other recreational facilities. c. Street layout. In existing developed areas, the PUD should maintain the existing street grid, where present, and restore the street grid where it has been disrupted. In newly developing areas, streets shall be designed to maximize connectivity in each cardinal direction, except where environmental or physical constraints make this infeasible. All streets shall terminate at other streets, at public land, or at a park or other community facility, except that local streets may terminate in stub streets when those will be connected to other streets in future phases of the development or adjacent developments. §154.804 Density The PUD may provide for an increase in density of residential development by up to twenty percent (20%) of that allowed in the base zoning district. Applicants seeking increased residential density through a Planned Unit Development are required to provide at least one (1) or a combination of site amenities that equal the required amount of amenity points to achieve the desired density bonus. A. Amenity Points and Equivalent Density Increases. Increases in density will be awarded through a 1: 1 ratio with amenity points. For every increase in amenity points for a Planned Unit Development, the applicant will be allowed an equivalent amount of density increase, up to a maximum increase of twenty percent (20%). Table 15-1 outlines the required amount of amenity points to achieve various density increases. 4