PUD Zoning: What kind of developments can it provide and what are the benefits?
What kind of developments can be built on PUD zoning? 

What are the pros and cons to PUD zoning vs other Euclidean zoning? (Why desire. PUD zoned land vs something else? )
[{"id": "i9p5mv4", "text": "Too many TLAs in this industry. I work in planning and zoning and have no clue what you're talking about. Can you please expand and explain the PUD?", "replies": [{"id": "i9p6qik", "text": "PUD in this case standing for Planned Unit Development. The land recently changed from R1 and R3 zoning, Single family and multi family respectively, into PUD.", "replies": [{"id": "i9p9qq6", "text": "Got a link to the policy? Like those three words together could mean all kinds of things.", "replies": [{"id": "i9pbh75", "text": "[https://library.municode.com/ca/victorville/ordinances/code\\_of\\_ordinances?nodeId=1136123](https://library.municode.com/ca/victorville/ordinances/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=1136123)\n\n&amp;#x200B;\n\nUnder Ordinance 2424", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i9p6tqa", "text": "PUDs are going to vary considerably depending on the municipality you are in.  This is really more of answer you find on your county web page, municode, or through a conversation with a local land use attorney.", "replies": [{"id": "i9pbn8z", "text": "Got it, that's definitely helpful, I didn't know that they would vary. What I found was [https://library.municode.com/ca/victorville/ordinances/code\\_of\\_ordinances?nodeId=1136123](https://library.municode.com/ca/victorville/ordinances/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=1136123)\n\n&amp;#x200B;\n\nUnder Ordinance 2424", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i9pg2l7", "text": "PUD Zoning allows the governing jurisdiction to adopt individual development guidelines for each area. Some residential product may not conform to the Euclidean standards so the PUD allows the developer to propose something that works for them (zero-lot line/common area backyards/etc).  PUD's are also used for commercial developments, it can really be anything they want.\n\nThe governing jurisdiction also has carte-blanche authority to approve or deny the project, they can ask the developer to do all kinds of things in order to approve it (increase landscaping/low income housing component/etc). With Euclidean zoning the jurisdiction is obliged to approve an application that meets all of the development guidelines.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i9pkbqy", "text": "Planned urban development.\nTalk with the local zoning board that deems what this will mean in their jurisdiction and then get an engineer to write up a site plan that fits your needs.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i9qabcx", "text": "Check the zoning code use table for PUD, or ask the city for the actual PD documentation. Most PUD\u2019s I\u2019ve worked on are shopping centers. Pros are they can result in a more uniform development (I.e., similar signage, design standards etc).", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i9qg3ln", "text": "You may be interested in knowing that PUD zoning is vastly different in NYC, than in Philadelphia.\n\nWhat is considered industrial in Houston is considered \"warehouse\" in Seattle.  What's allowed in warehouse zoning in Houston (which is not even remotely the same as what is allowed in warehouse zoning in Seattle) is not allowed in \"general construction\" zoning in Albuquerque, even as it seems like they're the same kind of use / function.\n\nAll of that is equally true for PUD zoning in every municipality (where they have such zoning) in the country.\n\nEvery place that has zoning, has what's called a \"matrix\"....on the left (in one example) you would have all the types of use (farm, then sub to that; agricultural, maybe \"equestrian\" might be another and so on), day care, service station, retail, etc.\n\nAbove (in a grid / excel format) would be R5 (residential / 5 acres), another might be \"Office\", another might be \"Industrial\", and under same, in the categories to the left, there would be a check mark or an \"X\".\n\nIf to the right of Equestrian under R5 there's an X, it would mean you can have horses on a property of 5 acres, or typically, in excess of same.  If there was an X under \"office\" it would mean that, on a property zoned for office buildings, you would be allowed to have horses.\n\nIf it had a \"C\" in that same column instead of an X, it would mean the allowance to have a horse on that property would be \"conditional\" (hence the C)...meaning you would need to meet with the agency in question and ask what the limits or requirements were.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]