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v.• <br /> 7.17 Planned Development-Industrial. Districts <br /> The following regulations and requirements apply to PD- <br /> T; Planned Industrial districts. <br /> 7.17.1 PD-I Districts: Defined, intent, where Permitted <br /> a) PD-I districts may hereafter be established in accordance <br /> with the general procedures and requirements set forth in <br /> Sections 7.4 through 7.9. Such districts are defined as <br /> planned development districts for establishment of compli- <br /> mentary groupings of related Industrial Activities. It <br /> i.s the intent of these regulations to provide for develop- <br /> ment of such districts as.locations appropriate in terms <br /> of the Land Use Plan and,:.he Orange County Thoroughfare <br /> Plan and in accord with„standards set forth herein. <br /> it is further intended that PD-I districts shall: <br /> 1) Encourage concentration of complementary uses grouped <br /> adjacent to streets serving large traffic volumes, provid- <br /> ing well planned development on sites with adequate frontage <br /> and depth to permit controlled access to streets and reduce <br /> marginal traffic friction; <br /> 2) Serve as an alternate to further extensions of industrial <br /> zoning allowing disorderly strip development; and <br /> 3) Protect stability and property values in surrounding <br /> residential neighborhoods. <br /> b) Minimum Area Required for Establishment of District_ Access <br /> Requirements. <br /> No such district shall be established with a net land area <br /> of less than two acres, with width and depth adequate for <br /> the plan proposed but with at least two hundred feet of <br /> .frontage on a arterial street. <br /> c) Permitted Principal and Accessory Uses and Structures <br /> Permitted principal and accessory uses and structures shall <br /> be according to Article 4 and the corresponding zoning <br /> districts„ In addition applications for amendments to PD-I <br /> zoning streets may be denied if the proposed district does <br /> not contain facilities deemed complementary and compatible <br /> or if a particular group of uses, in themselves complementary <br /> and compatible, would be inappropriate in the location pro- <br /> posed because of the character of surrounding development <br /> and/or zoning. <br /> E <br /> I <br /> 7-30 <br /> I <br /> i <br />