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Page 4 B. Consistency with Ordinance Standards Rezoning/Planned Unit Development The use of the PUD zoning allows the developer zoning ordinance flexibility to create a master planned development. The PUD zoning is tied to a specific PUD general plan that is proposed with the application. The applicant is requesting approval of a PUD for the Oneka Place development. PUD's offer enhanced flexibility to develop a site through the relaxation of zoning district standards. The use of the PUD zoning also allows for a greater variety of uses, internal transfers of density, construction phasing and a potential for lower development costs. In exchange for this enhanced 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 the use of other, more standard zoning districts. In exchange for the proposed PUD, the developer is proposing a mix of residential product types that are laid out to the best extent possible to reduce wetland impacts and is also preserving the eastern 30 acres for expansion of the greenway corridor. The developer is proposing to dedicate 11.7 acres of upland for the proposed park area, in addition to the required 9.26 acres. The development will also have a stormwater reuse system for irrigation throughout the development. Staff believes that the layout of the proposed Oneka Place PUD general plan exceeds the City's standards for residential developments. The applicant has offered a more creative and efficient approach to the existing landscape and constraints of the property through the site design layout. Because the ground water is high, the development needs fill to build up the site. The stormwater ponds offer dirt for fill. These ponds also offer an ability to use stormwater for irrigation of the development, which is promoting the City's "Reduce, Reuse, Replenish" initiative. This will be further discussed later in the report. 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 offset the effect of any variations.