18.52.040 General provisions.
All residential, business and industrial planned unit developments shall meet the following minimum standards. In addition, the planning commission may require compliance with such other design standards relating to the construction, design and placement of buildings, landscaping, streets, roadways, pathways, drainageways and other site design features as it may deem necessary. The commission shall develop and publish guidelines to assist developers in meeting such standards.
A. The minimum site area for a planned unit development shall be two (2) acres for PUDs located entirely in the I, GU, DC or NC districts. If any portion of a proposed PUD is located within the PLI or R districts, the minimum site area shall be five (5) acres. The minimum site area for a PUD within the P district shall be one hundred (100) acres.
B. Building design and site development which involve grading for the placement of structures, parking areas, driveways and roadways shall be depicted on a site plan and shall be described in the written documents and shall specifically address drainage.
C. Major internal streets which are intended to serve a planned unit development shall be functionally connected to existing or proposed streets to provide adequate ingress and egress. The street system by which the PUD will access the core area of the city shall meet the minimum street standards issued by the city engineer.
D. A planned unit development shall be in accordance with the comprehensive plan.
E. All areas not devoted to buildings, structures, drives, walks, off-street parking facilities or other authorized installations shall be planted with visual enhancement landscaping.
F. All developments shall meet fire safety requirements established by the city fire department.
G. If any part of the development is in a flood hazard area or in a location that would affect flooding or drainage in a flood hazard area, the planning commission shall address the applicable standards and matters under BMC 15.08.160 through 15.08.180 and shall impose such requirements as necessary to ensure that flood hazards and potential flood damage will be minimized and that the development will not adversely affect flooding situations in the flood hazard area; the planning commission shall impose such requirements as appropriate to minimize or eliminate the adverse effects of the development on floods and potential flood damages, whether within or outside the development. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]