Planned residential development (PRD) definition

Planned residential development (PRD) means a zoning mechanism which allows for flexibility in the grouping, placement, size and use of structures on a fairly large tract of land. A PRD is developed as a single entity, using a public process which incorporates design review.
Planned residential development (PRD) means a residential development which is comprehensively planned as an entity and which is permitted greater flexibility in building siting, lot size, setbacks, mixture of housing types, usable open space and preservation of significant natural features than otherwise allowed or required in the underlying zone, and which is established through a public hearing process through the use of a PRD overlay zone.