157.175 Open space.
(A) In all planned developments, 40% of the total land area shall be devoted to open space. Of this space, 25% of said open space may be utilized privately by individual owners or users of the planned development. However, 75% of this area shall be common open space.
(B) No area may be accepted as common open space within a planned development unless it meets the following requirements.
(1) The location, shape, size and character of the common open space is suitable for development.
(2) The common open space is for amenity or recreational purposes and the uses authorized are appropriate to the scale and character of the development based on consideration of its size, density, expected population, topography and the number and type of dwellings provided.
(3) The common open space will be suitably improved for its intended use, except that common open space containing natural features worthy of preservation may be left unimproved. The buildings, structures and improvements to be permitted in the common open space are appropriate to the uses which are authorized for the common open space.
(4) The development schedule which is part of the development plan coordinates the improvement of the common open space and the construction of buildings and other structures in the common open space with the construction of residential dwellings in the planned development. (Ord. 80-2, passed 06/14/2010)