City of Cranston
§ 17.96.020

Definitions

"Final overall district plan (FODP)" means a site plan and supporting narrative required for approval of mixed use planned district rezoning application. This plan shall be submitted to the city council with the rezoning application.

"Mixed use planned district (MPD)" means a development undertaken by a single owner or group of owners and planned as a single entity, within which uses shall be multiple in nature and may include uses not otherwise permitted within the same zoning district. The mix and orientation of these uses are required to be compatible within the proposed development and also in relationship to the surrounding area.

"Preliminary overall district plan (PODP)" means a site plan required for approval of mixed use planned district rezoning application. This plan shall be submitted to the planning department at the time of pre-application conference and shall represent the general form and layout of the entire development proposal.

"Residential planned district (RPD)" means a residential development planned and designed as a single land use entitle within which deviation from the standard subdivision requirements results in a more efficient site design than would normally be allowed. In an RPD, residential development is permitted at higher density on part of a plat, when open space development is permitted at higher density on part of a plat, when open space is set aside within the plat, such that the average residential density in the plat does not exceed that allowed in the underlying zoning district.

(Prior code § 30-33(b))