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1 rezoning: <br />2 <br />3 (1) Comprises at least fifty, but not more than two hundred, contiguous acres. For <br />4 purposes of this subsection, acreage is not "contiguous" to other acreage if separated <br />5 by a public street or connected only at a point less than one hundred feet in width; and <br />6 <br />7 (2) Is so located in relationship to existing or proposed public streets that traffic <br />8 generated by the development of the tract proposed for rezoning can be <br />9 accommodated without endangering the public health, safety, or welfare; and <br />10 <br />11 (3) Will be served by OWASA water and sewer lines when developed; <br />12 <br />13 (e) No more than 350 gross acres may be rezoned to the VMU district and no more than three <br />14 villages may be approved. <br />15 <br />16 (f) Nothing in this section is intended to limit the discretion of the board of aldermen to deny an <br />17 application to rezone property to a VMU district if it determines that the proposed rezoning is <br />18 not in the public interest. <br />19 <br />20 (g) When a VMU rezoning application is submitted (in accordance with Article XX of this <br />21 ordinance), the applicant shall simultaneously submit either (i) a conditional use permit application for a <br />22 village mixed use development in accordance with the provisions of Section 15 -176.1 of this chapter, or (ii) <br />23 an application for approval of a master plan for the proposed village mixed use development, in accordance <br />24 with the following provisions. <br />25 <br />26 (1) The master plan shall show, through a combination of graphic means and text <br />27 (including without limitation proposed conditions to be included in the conditional <br />28 use permit for the proposed development): <br />29 <br />30 a. The location, types, and densities of residential uses; <br />31 <br />32 b. The location, types, and maximum floor areas and impervious surface areas <br />33 for non - residential uses; <br />34 <br />35 C. The location and orientation of buildings, parking areas, recreational facilities, <br />36 and open spaces; <br />37 <br />38 d. Access and circulation systems for vehicles and pedestrians; <br />39 <br />40 e. How the development proposes to satisfy the objectives of and comply with <br />41 the regulations applicable to a village mixed use development as set forth in <br />42 Section 15 -176.1 of this chapter, <br />43 <br />44 f. How the development proposes to minimize or mitigate any adverse impacts <br />45 on neighboring properties and the environment, including without limitation <br />46 impacts from traffic and stormwater runoff; and <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Page 7 of 35 <br />