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8-47 INCENTIVE ZONING § 8.0201 a form of incentive zoning because it encourages economical use of • land for the benefit of the developer,the occupants and the neighbors • • of the PUD.6s dwelling units per acre.A low or middle income housing program is one under ' . which(1)the rental or purchase costs of housing are reduced by direct grant,by below market interest rates,or by continuing direct subsidy payments for rent or interest,and(2)there are regulations which reasonably assure that the dwelling units will be occupied by families or individuals whose incomes would otherwise be insufficient to permit them to occupy housing of equivalent quality and size." "Gross residential density"is described in §23.80(1)(bxl),as follows: • "The maximum allowable average gross residential density for DPUD's shall be seven dwelling viiits.per acre of.land; except,that higher densities may be allowed in ac curdance.with the bonus provisions contained in this article.In no event shall the:average gross residential density exceed nine dwelling units per • acre.However,in areas zoned.R i--A and R-1-BB at the time of the introduction of the zoning ordinance for a DPUD the maximum allowable average gross residential density for a DPUD shall be three dwelling units per acre of land; except,that higher density may be allowed in accordance with the-bonus provi- sions contained in this article,but in no event shall the average gross residential • density for such DPUD'S exceed four dwelling units per acre." 66 (. Planned Unit Development(PUD)has its basis ht the concept of clustering. a zoning technique that differs from the normal Euclidean grid pattern in that • buildings are grouped in certain areas,and the remaining land is left open for other purposes.The clustering concept is broadened in the PUD to include a variety of uses—i.e., residential, commercial, industrial—within a single development. The intermixing of a variety of uses in a PUD requires careful, extensive and early planning to tailor the development to the land and its surroundings. • Local ordinances,passed pursuant to general enabling statutes permitting cluster- ing and PUDs,have been judicially sanctioned as a means of avoiding the"cookie cutter" approach of Euclidean development and promoting the "self-contained community."See Orinde Homeowners v.Bd.of Supervisors,90 Cal Rptr 88, 11 Cal App3d 768 (1970). See also Cheney v.Village 2 at New Hope,Inc.,429 Pa 626,241 A2d 8l; 82-83 (1968),where the court described the PUI)concept as follows: "Under traditional concepts of zoning the task of determining the type,density and placement of buildings which should exist within any given zoning district devolves upon the local legislative body. In order that this body might have to speak only infrequently on the issue of municipal planning and zoning,the local • legislature usually enacts detailed requirements for the type,size and location of buildings within each given zoning district, and leaves the ministerial task of enforcing these regulations to an appointed zoning administrator, with another administrative body,the zoning board of adjustment.passing on individual devia- • tions from the strict district requirements,deviations known commonly as vari- ances and special exceptions. At the same time,the overall rules governing the (Zoning LUwl •