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The Meadows at Hugo – Preliminary Plat, PUD, and Comp Plan Amendment <br />Page 4 <br />otherwise required if the City deems it necessary to promote the general health, safety, and <br />welfare of the community. <br /> <br />The City’s discretion in approving or denying a preliminary plat is limited to whether or not the <br />proposed plat meets the standards outlined in the subdivision regulations in the City Code. If it <br />meets these standards, the City must approve the preliminary plat. <br /> <br />B. Consistency with Ordinance Standards <br /> <br />Rezoning/Planned Unit Development <br />The use of the PUD zoning allows the developer zoning ordinance flexibility to create a master <br />planned development. The PUD zoning is tied to a specific PUD general plan that is proposed <br />with this application. <br /> <br />Golden Valley Land Company, is requesting an approval of a PUD general plan for The <br />Meadows at Hugo development. PUD’s offer enhanced flexibility to develop a site through the <br />relaxation of zoning district standards. The use of the PUD zoning also allows for a greater <br />variety of uses, internal transfers of density, construction phasing and a potential for lower <br />development costs. In exchange for this enhanced flexibility, the city has the expectation that the <br />development plan will result in a significantly higher quality and more sensitive proposal than <br />would have been the case with the use of other, more standard zoning districts. <br /> <br />In order to approve a PUD, the City must find that the applicant has demonstrated compliance <br />with the following criteria: <br /> <br />1. Provide for the establishment of PUD zoning districts in appropriate settings and <br />situations, to create and maintain a development pattern that complies with the City’s <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />2. Allow for the mixing of land uses within a development when such mixing of land <br />uses could not otherwise be accomplished. <br /> <br />3. Provide for variations to the strict application of the land use regulations in order to <br />improve site design and operation, while at the same time incorporating design <br />elements that exceed the City’s standards to offset the effect of any variations. <br /> <br />4. Promote a more creative and efficient approach to land use within the City, while at <br />the same time protecting and promoting the health, safety, comfort, aesthetics, <br />economic viability and general welfare of the City. <br /> <br />5. Preserve and enhance natural features and open spaces including but not limited to <br />the width expansion of greenway corridors, conservation of wooded areas, <br />development of buffer areas, reduction of impervious surface, and utilization of joint <br />facilities and utilities. <br /> <br />6. Maintain or improve the efficiency of public streets and utilities.