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r. eo Concept and Advantages of - +..) Planned Unit Development g During the late 1920's and early 1930's a new Lockridge Community,is based on the basic form of subdivision layout was invented, ideas of a Pud. The design reflects several W 0 cluster housing. Before this innovation houses basic concepts laid down at the beginning of a in the U.S. had traditionally been placed side the design. With few exceptions houses are by side on lots with the street system forming clustered to preserve the natural open charac- CD^ a rigid grid pattern. This created a featureless ter of the area. Clusters are placed within or • (11 row of houses along long straight streets. on the edge of the forest to provide the visual AIL Cluster housing got away from this by cluster- living environment and to p IL ing houses around cut de sacs thus creating an character between use areas we ecaonsidered of the community. — interesting street pattern lined by open space. tionships The town of Radburn, N.J. featured this new as well as environmental factors in deter- design but it was not until the mid 1960's mining the overall plan of the ty. —� that the merits of cluster housing were Environmental factors such asplacement allWg- realized. septic systems, placement of roads to mini- mize erosion and water runoff, and placement Planned unit developments began to develop of wells to avoid possible conflict with septic using cluster housing as the basic design systems began to become a limiting factor in - Concept and, the idea began to spread. The the detailed design of housing sites. �l principle of a planned unit development is to group houses in clusters thus reducing wasted • ' 004.,. V space. This creates areas of common open ` ilk _ A. c `• V I ♦� ♦ 'Q. space which may be used for formal or V,„� • ‘W informal recreation. Besides the creation of • _ "r"~:p of large areas of open space, cluster housing " .. :' )►a provides other benefits for the residents of a �;. _ imunity. Greater pedestrian i planned unit comusin the open space to f- f safety is achieved by using I seperate walkways from roadways. Quite l� often the clustering of houses creates greater I _ t -j sr� privacy than seperating houses on large lots. Illik:;;#1: -:.� ^. Expenses incurred in the layout of roads and *ti. r�] utilities are cut because clustering reduces the utilitie '``length and necessity of each. Within a Pud PLO =' W I open space is shared in common thus creating . xk the need for a property owners association, . -=-� and providing the basis for community in- f` volvement and action. ,i �ui Idinq in the �ree� u,re5 d1F�erert' arch- r de 1fin bviidt In th =w �i+ '� I� u�,u �If = visual�ma► facto*t in. Y.r , 'I, { a multi-star is o I'. li. '. ariA c ytfovs vegetation more. wt r - _ `� 1 are- d�irae!e. In the- open d Ic rJ i'Cc �e e GA k I a 15 mare appro nave, ___-_ — -111kittli p wtndoul5 `'��-t,- -' oVerhar i Jill PKe p room Cyder in surd