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173 <br /> RURAL BUFFER IMPLEMENTATION MEASURE <br /> Planned Development Districts <br /> pescrigtion <br /> Planned Development (PD) districts may be -established in <br /> accordance with the requirements of the Orange County Zoning <br /> Ordinance. They may be established where tracts suitable in <br /> size and location for the proposed development are available <br /> to be planned and developed on a unified basis. This in- <br /> cludes areas covered by the Joint Planning Agreements and <br /> protected watersheds. <br /> A planned development is: <br /> 1 . land under unified control to be planned and <br /> developed as a whole; <br /> 2. a single development operations or a definitely <br /> programmed series of development operations, <br /> including all lands and buildings; <br /> 3. principal and accessory structures and uses sub- <br /> stantially related to the character and purposes of <br /> the district; <br /> 4. according to the comprehensive and detailed plans <br /> which include not only streets, utilities, Lots or <br /> building sites and the like, but also site plans <br /> and floor plans for all the buildings to be <br /> located, constructed, used, and related to each <br /> other, and detailed plans for other uses and <br /> improvements on the land as related to the build- <br /> ings; and <br /> S . with a program for provision, operation, and <br /> maintenance of such areas, facilities, and improve- <br /> ments as will be for common use by some or all of <br /> the occupants of the district, but will not be <br /> provided, operated, or maintained at general pubLic <br /> expense. <br /> Within this definition, planned developments must be <br /> developed in accordance with the requirements of the zoning <br /> classification with which they have been designated. For <br /> example, a planned development for housing may contain only <br /> the type and density of housing permitted by the residential <br /> zoning classification designated for the development. The PD <br /> requirements, however, allow a great deal of flexibility in <br /> how the permitted use is situated on the property. Rather <br /> than minimum lot area and dimensional requirements typical of <br /> conventional zoning, PD site plans are developed under a Land <br /> use intensity system. This system requires a PD site plan to <br /> provide a minimum area for open space, Liveability (improved <br />