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LaValle Fields Preliminary Plat and PUD Page 3 The City has a relatively high level of discretion in approving a PUD. A PUD must be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan. The City may impose reasonable requirements in a PUD not otherwise required if the City deems it necessary to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the community and surrounding area. The City's discretion in approving or denying a preliminary plat is limited to whether or not the proposed plat meets the standards outlined in the Comprehensive Land Use Regulations. If it meets these standards, the City must approve the preliminary plat. 4. ANALYSIS: Consistency with Ordinance Standards A. Rezoning The applicant is proposing to construct a senior housing facility and apartments at a density of 10.11 units per acre. Senior housing is not a permitted uses in the CR -3 district. In order to construct a senior housing facility on the site the applicant needs to request a rezoning from FCB and CR -3 to PUD. The use of the PUD zoning also allows the developer zoning ordinance flexibility to create a master planned development. The PUD zoning is tied to a specific PUD general plan; therefore, since only 4 lots are planned for the development at this time, the rezoning is only for the 29.17 -acres. Outlot C will retain the CR -3 zoning. In exchange for this flexibility, the City has the expectation that the development plan will result in a significantly higher quality and more sensitive proposal than would have been the case with other, more standard zoning districts. In order to approve a PUD, the City must find that the applicant has demonstrated compliance with the following criteria: 1. Provide for the establishment of PUD zoning districts in appropriate setting and situations, to create and maintain a development pattern that complies with the City's Comprehensive Plan. 2. Allow for the mixing of land uses within a development'when such mixing 'of land uses could not otherwise be accomplished. 3. Provide for variations to the strict application of the land use regulations in order to improve site design and operation, while at the same time incorporating design elements that exceed the City's standards to onset the effect of any variations. 4. Promote a more creative and efficient approach to land use within the City, while at the same time protecting and promoting the health, safety, comfort, aesthetics, economic viability and general welfare of the City. 5. Preserve and enhance natural features and open spaces including but not limited to the width expansion of greenway corridors, conservation of wooded areas, development of buffer areas, reduction of impervious surface, and utilization of joint facilities and utilities.