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ARTICLE 7. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS <br /> 7.0 Planned Development Districts <br /> 7.1 Planned Develo71ent Districts, Generally <br /> Within districts now existing or which may hereafter be created, <br /> it is intended to permit establishment of new planned development <br /> (PD) districts for specialized Purposes where tracts suitable in <br /> location, area and character for the uses and structures proposed <br /> are to be planned and developed on a unified basis. Suitability <br /> of tracts for the development proposed shall be determined pri- <br /> marily by reference to the Comprehensive Plan, but due consider- <br /> ation shall be given to the existing and prospective character <br /> of surrounding development. <br /> It is the express intent of the Board of County Commissioners <br /> to encourage most strongly the use of the Planned Development <br /> technique in all areas covered by the Joint Planning Agreement <br /> among Orange County, the towns of Carrboro and Chapel Bill and <br /> The Orange Water and Sewer Authority. To this end suitable <br /> incentives, in the form of bonuses, over and above the intensity <br /> of permitted development under traditional lot-by-lot development, <br /> shall be provided. <br /> It is also the express intent of the Board of County Commissioners <br /> -riciftoole, all development except the isolated individual structure <br /> on a separate lot, within the University Lake, Cane Creek and part <br /> of the Upper Eno Watershed areas, take pAckce under the Planned <br /> Development procedure, in order to protect these important water <br /> supply reservoir areas from degradation. <br /> It is also the express intent of the Board of County Commissioners <br /> e...ri;00113° the Planned Development technique in rural portions <br /> A, of Orange County where the sizeTiComplexitylor bothiof the proposed <br /> 00 development warrant its use <br /> This encouragement of the Planned Development technique is a <br /> recognition by the County Board of Commissioners that the <br /> technique offers distinct advantages to the public, while <br /> affording private property owners greater flexibility in the <br /> development of their land, the opportunity for the application <br /> of new and ingenious development techniques and more prudent <br /> use of time, money and effort. The public, benefits include <br /> more efficient and effective use of land, more efficient use <br /> of energy, the reduction of the costs of continuing maintenance <br /> responsibilities and a higher average level of amenity in all <br /> types of development. <br /> 7-1 : <br />