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z� <br /> MASTER PLANNED districts shall be so related to the general <br /> development pattern and the objectives of the Comprehensive <br /> Plan as to provide for comfort and convenience of residents, <br /> facilitate protection of the character of surrounding <br /> neighborhoods, and reduce automotive traffic congestion by a <br /> reasonably close relationship (either in distance or in time) <br /> between origins and destinations of persons living,working or <br /> visiting in such developments, or by availability of mass transit. <br /> Housing, commercial and service facilities and principal places <br /> of employment shall be so related by physical proximity, by <br /> maior street networks, or by mass transit as to promote these <br /> objectives. <br /> Within MASTER PLANNED districts, regulations adapted to such <br /> unified planning and development are intended to accomplish <br /> the purposes of zoning and other applicable regulations to an <br /> equivalent or higher degree than where such regulations are <br /> intended to control unscheduled development on individual lots, <br /> and to promote economical and efficient land use, and <br /> improved level of amenities appropriate and harmonious <br /> variety, creative design and a better environment. <br /> Master Planned Defined <br /> For purposes of those regulations, a Master Planning is: <br /> a) Land under unified control to be planned and developed as a <br /> whole: <br /> b) A single development operations or a definitely programmed <br /> series of development operations, including all lands and <br /> buildings: <br /> c) Principal and accessory structures and uses substantially <br /> related to the character and purposes of the district: <br /> d)According to comprehensive and detailed plans which include <br /> not only streets utilities, lots or building sites and the like <br /> but also site plans and floor plans for all buildings as intended <br /> to be located, constructed, used and related to each other, <br /> and detailed plans for other uses and improvements on the <br /> land as related to the buildings: and <br /> e) With a program for provision, operation and maintenance of <br /> such areas, facilities and improvements as will be for common <br /> use by some or all of the occupants of the district but will not <br /> be provided, operated or maintained at general public <br /> expense, <br /> Traditional Approaches <br /> Traditionally, the typical measure of residential land use <br /> intensity has been density. For nonresidential uses, bulk has <br /> been the measure of intensity, and building coverage, building <br /> height, and floor area standards have been used to limit bulk <br /> to acceptable levels. A basic understanding of these intensity <br /> measures. <br /> Building Coverage Ratio (SCR).................. <br /> Economic Development Districts Design Manual Page 2.3.3 <br />