Appendix 3206. Flexible planned unit development.

Certain large parcels may require additional flexibility in design than is allowed under the conditional use PUD overlay district standards. This flexibility may be necessary to maximize environmental protection, encourage open space dedication and to group complementary land uses. Parcels containing acceptable acreage may request the flexible PUD. A mix of commercial, single-family and group housing shall be allowed within the flexible PUD tract but the following criteria must be met:

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The overall density of single-family and multifamily units shall not exceed 2.9 units per acre for the project's net acreage. The net acreage shall mean the entire tract, minus ten percent for necessary infrastructure. Commercial land uses shall not be included within the tract net acreage;

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The total number of units (single-family or multifamily) shall not exceed eight in number for any single designated acre within the project;

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No residential units shall exceed 50' in height. All other structures shall not exceed 60' in height from its finished grade;

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Planned amenities including marinas and drystack boat storage facilities (including repair and maintenance facilities) shall be utilized primarily by the residents within the PUD and only incidentally by transients. None of these facilities shall be permitted adjacent to any surface waters under current nomination or designated as outstanding resource waters by the State of North Carolina. Any data which supports the use of these amenities or recreational facilities solely by flexible PUD residents shall be made available to the zoning enforcement officer upon request;

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A centralized water and sewer system shall be provided to serve all the residents or the buildings in the total acreage designated as a flexible PUD;

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A master plan and schedule for future development shall be provided at the time of preliminary approval. Each section or phase of the master plan shall be recorded in Carteret County Register of Deeds after final approval by Carteret County Planning Commission and Carteret County Board of Commissioners; and

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Table of permitted and special uses appropriate to other districts shall not apply to the flexible PUD district.

3206.1. Application for a flexible planned unit development. Application for a project as a flexible PUD shall be submitted and reviewed in accordance with the Carteret County Subdivision Regulations. The planning commission shall subsequently make advisory recommendations to the board of county commissioners, which, following a public hearing held pursuant to proper notice, shall make the final decision as to whether the application and plat will be approved or disapproved.

The following shall be shown on the plat:

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Proposed primary traffic circulation pattern.

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All 404 wetland areas on the tract.

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Proposed means of compliance with division of environmental management stormwater regulations.

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Proposed parks, tennis courts, swimming pools, beaches, golf course, boating docks, playgrounds, community buildings, common open space, etc.;

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Proposed means of dedication of common open space areas and facilities, and the organizational arrangements for the ownership, maintenance, and preservation of common open space, wetlands and stormwater management facilities;

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Delineation of the sections, units or phases to be constructed in progression or sequence in a master plan concept which will be the basis for approval subject to accepted and approved changes by the Carteret County Planning Commission and the Carteret County Board of Commissioners;

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When required by the planning department, planning commission, or the board of county commissioners, an environmental impact statement will be submitted. The specific issues necessitating the environmental impact statement shall be described in writing to the applicant.

(Amd. of 11-3-04)